How to Change Default City in World Clock Widget on iPhone

🗓️ November 22, 2023 By ✍️ Jaysukh patel

With the iOS 17 update, you can configure widgets on your iPhone’s lock screen to customize it the way you like. Among all widgets, there is a clock widget that you place on your iPhone’s lock screen to keep an eye on a different timezone. With a clock app, it’s handy to keep checking it. But if you’re wondering how to change default city for the city of your choice, then fuss not, continue reading this article.

On the horizontal screen fit-sized World Clock Widget, you can add four cities to know the time without launching the world clock. Despite that, give the cities a priority sequence, and much more. Why wait, let’s dive into the article and learn how to change the default city in the world clock widget. To ease the process, we’ve divided the steps into three sections.

Change Default City in World Clock Widget on iPhone

How to Add World Clock Widget on iPhone

If you haven’t added the World Clock Widget yet, and these are the following steps to do it. Skip the steps if the world clock widget is already present on the iPhone home screen.

Step #1. Ready with iPhone home screen.
Step #2. Tap and hold on to the home screen to access Edit Mode.
Step #3. Look at the upper-left corner of the screen for the Plus (+) sign, to add Clock Widget on iPhone Home Screen.

Step #4. Scroll down the screen to tap on Clock on the widget list.
Step #5. Now swipe to the left side to get the World Clock widget, and tap Add Widget button.
Step #6. Now tap on Done to exit the edit mode screen.

How to Put World Clock widget on Lock Screen iPhone

If you want the world clock to stay on the lock screen iPhone, follow these simple steps.

Step #1. Unlock your Phone screen and pull down the screen from the left side to get the lock screen view.
Step #2. Tap and hold on to the lock screen to edit mode.
Step #3. Tap Customize button.
Step #4. Tap Lock Screen

Step #5. Tap Add Widgets or Widget space close to under-the-clock font time.
Step #6. A widget screen will pop up; scroll down the screen to tap on Clock

Step #7. Swipe to the left side to navigate World Clock widget.
Step #8. Now let’s tap or drag the World Clock widget.
Step #9. Tap (X) again tap (X).

Step #10. Tap Done to save.
Step #11. Tap on the lock screen to exit edit mode.

That’s it. Finally, you can access the Clock app on the iPhone lock screen via a widget.

How to Change Default City in World Clock Widget

We have demonstrated a large-sized World Clock Widget, that can easily fit four cities in a single card, so let’s begin.

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Steps to Follow on your iPhone,

Step #1. Touch and hold the World Clock Widget on the home screen.
Step #2. Tap Edit Widget.

Step #3. Tap on the existing City, and when the list of cities appears, search the one that you want to add as a default city in the world clock.

Hint: Do it for all the cities, and add one by one or leave the rest.
Using the Grey colored three lines, you can order and disorder cities in a widget. To Change the Default city, Tap on City or State Name. And Find the New City or State [First screen in the below image].

Step #4. Now tap on a blank space to go back to the home screen.

How to Remove World Clock Widget from iPhone Home Screen

If you want to remove World Clock Widget from the iPhone Home screen, do it with the following steps.

Step #1. Touch and hold the World Clock widget and select Remove Widget.
Step #2. Tap and hold anywhere to enter the iPhone into jiggle mode on the World Clock Widget and tap the Minus sign on the upper left side of the widget to remove it from the home screen.

We can Re-Add the World Clock widget to your iPhone home page.

In the Latest iOS Update, We can add Many City and State Clock on the Clock app under the World Clock tab. Clocks under the World Clock in Clock app don’t override the World Clock Widget. Thanks for Visiting! Comment me for More Help!