Short answer: deleting a fitness app does not always delete your data. Your workouts can exist in several places, and each one has to be cleared separately. Here is a checklist you can follow on Android.
Where your fitness data can be
- Inside the app, on your phone: workout history, routes and profile details.
- On the company’s servers, if the app uses an account or cloud sync.
- In backups: a folder on your phone, your own cloud storage, or Android’s phone backup.
- In other apps you connected, such as Health Connect, or anything you shared.
How to delete it, step by step
- Export first if you may want a copy. Look for an export option in the app’s settings. Once data is erased it is usually gone.
- Erase inside the app. Look for “delete account”, “erase data” or “delete history” in Settings or Privacy.
- Delete the backups. Remove backup files from the folder or cloud storage you chose. Erasing data in the app does not remove copies you already saved elsewhere.
- Check Health Connect. In your phone’s Health Connect settings you can see which apps can read or write health data, remove their access and delete the data they stored.
- Remove permissions. In Android settings, open the app, then Permissions, and remove location and physical activity access. Then uninstall the app if you no longer use it.
- If the app has an account, ask for the account to be deleted. Uninstalling the app alone does not normally delete what is stored on a server. Check the privacy policy for the deletion route and any waiting period.
Do not forget phone backups
Android may keep its own copy of some app data if backup is switched on in your phone’s settings. If you want everything gone, check that setting as well.
How it works in HALEBIT
HALEBIT keeps your workouts on your phone and does not need an account. In Settings → Your Data you can export all of your data, or erase everything from the phone. If you turned on backup, copies already saved to a folder or to your own Google Drive stay where they are until you delete them. See how fitness apps collect your data and who can see your fitness data.
Quick questions
Does uninstalling an app delete my data?
It removes the app and usually the data stored inside it on your phone. It does not remove backups you made, data in other apps, or anything stored on a company’s server.
Can I get my data back after I erase it?
Not unless you exported it or kept a backup first. That is why the export comes before the erase.
How do I know the company deleted my server data?
The privacy policy should say how long deletion takes. If it does not, ask the developer by email and keep the reply.