- David and David here.
Let's talk about how to rename and reset your AirTag.
- The easiest way to reset an AirTag or rename it
is to go to the Find My app, first.
Then, tap on the AirTag you want to rename or reset.
In this case, it's David's Bike.
This is usually attached to my bike,
but the bike wasn't gonna fit in the studio.
- Nope. - What can you do?
Then use your finger and swipe up on the bottom
and then tap on Rename Item if you wanna rename it.
You can either choose
from Apple's preselected lists of things
or just tap in the field there,
and you can call it whatever you want to.
When you're done,
tap Done in the upper right-hand corner of the screen,
I'll just tap Done again.
How do we reset an AirTag?
- [David] Well, you can tap Remove Item here.
- [David] That's the easiest way to do it.
- That's easy way to do it.
The other way to do it is to take your AirTag apart,
and remove the battery, press it back,
and you hear a little chime.
Do that five times.
You hear a different chime. - Right.
- And then it'll set up-
- We're gonna show you how to do it right now.
So, just in case you've forgotten
how to take this thing out of one of the Apple cases,
you don't just try to rip it out this way,
that's why I put it in the case here.
I wanted to show you
just sort of take it out like this,
but then just unsnap the top,
and then it kind of pops out the side.
'Cause I think a lot of people
are just gonna try to - Yeah.
- take it out and they're gonna wreck the...
Hopefully, you didn't do that.
So, holding your AirTag, use, I use two thumbs.
So press down and rotate it to the left slightly,
then you can take the back off.
You'll see the battery inside.
So, as David said,
you have to take it out and put it back in five times.
(AirTag chimes)
And each time you do,
you have to wait until the sound finishes.
(AirTag chimes)
And you have to take it all the way out and put it back in.
(AirTag chimes)
This is five.
(AirTag chimes)
- There is the different noise right there.
If you don't hear that noise in the fifth try,
do it a couple more times because maybe it didn't register.
As you said, wait for the noise to completely finish
before you put your battery back in.
- Right.
So I'll just put this back together.
Stick that back cover on.
It doesn't matter if the battery
becomes a little bit disconnected.
You hear that noise again.
- And press down, two thumbs,
rotate it back to the right,
you're all set.
Now, what if David, like he does,
had tried to steal my AirTag?
- Yes.
So, let's say I stole his AirTag,
- Yeah. - and then I reset it saying,
"I want an AirTag. I don't want to pay $29 for it."
- Right.
- I come over here with my phone.
Look at that.
The AirTag shows up.
- [David] All right. - [David] Can I connect?
- Give it a name.
- I'm gonna name it My Jacket because...
- Because you just jacked it
from me. - Yep.
(rimshot playing and audience laughter)
(David chuckles)
And here you'll see,
this AirTag is connected to another Apple ID.
Brutal. - Brutal.
Cue that "Price is Right" sound effect.
(losing horn honking) - This is all something
to keep in mind, too.
That if you want,
you tried out the AirTag, you didn't like it,
but you wanted to gift it to a friend
who might like it more.
Make sure you disconnect your Apple ID
if you're giving it as a gift
or a reused gift.
- Or regifting. - Regift. Yes.
- Yes.
So, let's say David got this.
He's at home at this point, and he thinks
"What a jerk. He just gave me an AirTag that doesn't work."
So, David's gonna exit the set up here on his phone
by tapping Exit Set Up.
If I wanna give my AirTag to David,
I have to reopen the Find My App.
And even though at this point, the AirTag has reset,
it's not connected to my phone.
For instance, if I go to play sound,
it's not gonna be able to find it
because the connection is severed.
All I need to do though is go to the bottom here,
and tap Remove Item.
And then this will remove it from the Apple ID.
I'll tap Remove here and Remove again.
("Jeopardy" timer music)
This is because we already reset it.
- Yeah. - It says, "AirTag Not Found."
Tap Remove again.
("Jeopardy" timer music)
- "Jeopardy" music, cue it, Collin.
(David sighs)
There we go. - All right.
- Now it is gone, and now...
- Now, it should be a different experience for you.
- Yes, let's give it a whirl. - [David] Yep.
- If you were into a situation
where the AirTag doesn't show up
on your iPhone immediately,
you can go into the Find My App,
tap on Items, and then tap on Add New Item.
Tap Add AirTag.
"Searching for AirTag."
And there it is.
Tap Connect and walk through this process.
We've done this about four times now.
- Well, we wanna just - [David] Yeah.
- prove the fact that at this point
it's not registered to my ID.
So, now David has stolen
my AirTag successfully. - Well, stolen.
You regifted it to me.
- I know, but maybe I want it back.
(phone chimes)
- Now, if I go tap on David's Backpack,
and I Play Sound.
(AirTag chimes)
Beautiful.
That's how to rename and reset an AirTag.
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