As much as you may like a finer granularity of control, at the moment it's share-all or share-nothing, so you need to decide what is more important to you – sharing, or privacy (which are arguably opposite ends of a spectrum, so let's pretend there is no happy middle ground even if you can imagine a better world with the latter).
One workaround is to simply share a static snapshot (e.g. taking a screenshot, or copying-and-pasting text) containing in clear view only the data items you're happy to disclose, and probably without using the Connections and Groups features to automate or facilitate the sharing.
Another workaround is to not start or end your tracked activities at your home (or work) address, if that's primarily the nature of your privacy concern. I always walk approximately ten minutes to the corner/edge of a park to start my tracked runs (so as be largely unimpeded by traffic lights once I start), so the map would not get anywhere close to informing anyone of my address.
For safety reasons, how do you stop routes from showing in Garmin connect when sharing your activities with connections and groups? Thanks in advance
I don't understand your use of the term Route. Do you mean Activity?
On to your question - it doesn't make any sense. How do I stop routes showing in Garmin Connect? Garmin Connect is a platform. YOU create activities. YOU may choose to share them or not. "How do I stop showing - in the platform"? Delete them.
By route, I think he/she means the red line on the map.
My guess is that effectively, he/she wants other users engaged through the Garmin Connect platform to be able to see the numerical statistics for every (automatically) shared activity, both overall and as split, as well as being able to trace and overlay the various charts –*e.g. to see his/her HR changes in response to pace and cadence – without giving away any GPS data pertaining to the run. (Kinda opposite to what I did above, to ‘share’ with others in this forum manually and selectively.)
