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Delete Golf Maps

2572376
over 2 years ago
Just got my F7X SS, Its fantastic but I am trying to delete maps I don't want.
GE wont let me delete the golf maps. !!! Why not ?, it says these are needed for the device to operate correctly ?.
What rubbish, I dont play golf, never will so WTF do I need gold maps on the watch.
Come on Garmin, why do I need golf maps on my watch !!!!!
 
 
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  • 0 over 2 years ago in reply to ahto999

    there will be 3 of them and on that pic, I think its the first 3, because the gold maps take up about 1.1GB I seem to remember.

    If you delete them make sure you copy them onto PC first :-).

  • 0 over 2 years ago

    Yes indeed it will be useful to delete golf courses- i will never play golf :)

  • 0 over 2 years ago in reply to nicoti200

    yes WTF Garmin is doing by saying they are required for your device to operate is anybody's guess.

    Come on Garmin please explain why the top outdoors watch in the world requires 3 golf maps for correct operation ???

    And if it does, then it bloody well shouldn't.

  • 0 over 2 years ago

    two weeks after purchase I have become even more annoyed that Garmin will not allow deletion of golf data and maps.  I feel almost insulted by it.  You can delete the ski data and maps quickly.  It is insane that they say you have to have golf maps for the device to operate.  I bet not even 10 percent of Fenix 7 buyers play golf.  It doesn't take up much room, but it annoys me knowing they are on there.  Why?  Why?  Why????? Incredible.  Now that said, I love the watch and after two weeks still have 60 percent of the battery and have never charged since the initial charge.  

  • 0 over 2 years ago

    This is what I've worked out and have deleted all of them from my Fenix 7x

    having installed other more useful maps

    Please don't delete these maps without confirming yourself that it is safe to do so for you

    Preinstalled Maps ID


    D6185110A and D6184110A TopoActive Europe 2.52GB and 2.5GB

    ___________________________________________


    D1399420A CourseView Europe Middle East and Africa 227MB

    D2419370A CourseView Americas 179MB

    D2471420A CourseView Pacifics 673MB

    D7672010B SkiView 2021.10 23MB

    D7726060A TopoActive RDA Europe 2021.20 (road drawing accelerator) 2.67GB

    D9486000A TopoActive Europe 2021.20 Central 2.72GB

  • 0 over 2 years ago in reply to dickandjill

    that's very useful thanks,

  • +1 over 2 years ago

    Dickandjill refers to files that are on older models of Garmin Fenix such as Fenix 6
    The files related to golf maps on fenix 7 are:


    D1399430A.img : Golf Map - CourseView Europe, Middle East & Africa
    D2419380A.img : Golf Map - CourseView Pacific
    D2471430A.img : Golf Map - CourseView Americas

    An easy way to view and manage files on your Fenix 7 is Android File Transfer

    Frode Lein

  • 0 over 2 years ago in reply to frodelein

    great thanks for the info

  • +1 over 2 years ago in reply to frodelein

    golf maps deleted. watch seems to still be working, gained another GB of free space.

  • 0 over 2 years ago in reply to 2572376

    Update.

    Today I synced my watch with GE and now when I look at "manage maps" the 3 golf map entries are unchecked and available to check and resync if you ever want to.

    I have saved over 1GB of space and the watch is still working perfectly as far as I can tell.

    So deleting the golf maps seems perfectly safe to me. (if you don't play golf why the hell should I waste > 1GB for no reason). Come on Garmin, installing the golf maps should be user optional.