Select your product to confirm this information applies to you

Enabling the Sleep Mode Feature on a Garmin Watch

Current activity trackers automatically detect when you have gone to sleep by detecting your movement and heart rate around your set sleep window. Some older activity trackers have the ability to manually put the device into sleep mode. Both methods require the device to be worn while resting in order to track movement and heart rate during your sleep. 

NOTE: Our activity trackers are only designed to track your typical sleep window, and will not display any nap/rest time that is outside of the primary sleep time for each day. 

Enabling Sleep Mode

Only select models of our activity trackers have the ability to have sleep mode manually enabled. Select your watch below to reveal instructions for enabling Sleep Mode:

Forerunner® 920XT Watch

  1. Navigate to Activity Tracking widget.

  2. Press and hold Menu (three dots on bottom left).

  3. Select Start Sleep Mode.

vívoactive® Watch 

  1. Navigate to Activity Tracking widget.

  2. Press menu icon.

  3. Select Start Sleep.

vívofit® 1 and vívofit® 2 Watches

  1. Press and hold device key (Will cycle through several modes).

  2. Release device key when watch displays "SLEEP".

  3. Press and hold device key to exit sleep mode (Goes back to a normal display).

vívosmart® Watch

  1. Double-tap display to wake device.

  2. Press and hold the display to access the menu.

  3. Select moon icon

  4. Select OK when "Sleep?" appears.

  5. Exit sleep mode by pressing and holding moon icon for 2-3 seconds.

Setting Your Typical Sleep Window in Your Garmin Connect™ Account

To set your sleep and wake times see the following FAQ:  Setting Sleep and Wake Window Times in Garmin Connect