The embodiments of the present disclosure belong to the technical field of smart wearable devices. Provided are an unlocking method and apparatus, and a smart wearable device. The method is applied to a smart wearable device, and comprises: when a smart wearable device is in a worn state, in response to an unlocking trigger operation, entering an unlock mode and displaying an unlock interface; acquiring motion data of the smart wearable device in the unlock mode; determining an unlocking trajectory on the basis of the motion data; and on the basis of the unlocking trajectory, controlling the smart wearable device to execute a corresponding unlocking operation.