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Sync with Strava but DO NOT automatically share activities

1903799 over 4 years ago

Hi guys,

I am happy to link my Garmin account with Strava. However, I do not want Garmin to automatically share my rides with Strava when the ride finishes. Instead, I want to share my activities when I decide(as opposed to Garmin sharing them when I finish a ride). How can I do that?

In the Garmin Connect Android app, I connect my Strava account. Despite disabling the box "Activities (automatically share your Garmin acitivities with Strava)", I can still see at the top of the menu that "Your Garmin activities will automatically be shared with Strava." which is exactly what I want to avoid. Can you please advise me on how to disable the automatic sync of activities Garmin Connect/Strava and also how to sync the activities myself ?

Thanks.

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Garmin-Blake over 4 years ago +1 verified

You will need to manually upload your .fit files to Strava the same as BeneGi mentioned, if you don't want this process to automatically be done.
1903799 over 4 years ago +1

Understood. The best solution in this case is indeed to sync Strava/Garmin connect, make strava activities private by default and then make the activity public from Strava.
DRIES over 4 years ago +1

I use the RunGap app on my iPhone.

It syncs all workouts from different apps and you can control to where it pushes out the rides... manually!

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0 BeneGi over 4 years ago

No, you can only decide if Garmin pushes every activity or none gdirectly after uploading. But on Strava you can set the default to privat and only publish activities you want published.

ig you disable automatic push, you have to upload every .fit yourself to Strava.

0 Garmin-Blake over 4 years ago

You will need to manually upload your .fit files to Strava the same as BeneGi mentioned, if you don't want this process to automatically be done.

0 1903799 over 4 years ago

Understood. The best solution in this case is indeed to sync Strava/Garmin connect, make strava activities private by default and then make the activity public from Strava.

0 moakesy over 4 years ago in reply to 1903799

This is what I do. By far the easiest solution and quite simple to do.

0 DRIES over 4 years ago

I use the RunGap app on my iPhone.

It syncs all workouts from different apps and you can control to where it pushes out the rides... manually!

0 igoramadas over 3 years ago

Strava has released a "Mute" function some days ago. Maybe that helps?

If all you want is to prevent other users seeing some of your activities (ex. short commutes, walks, etc) on their home feed, you might want to try https://strautomator.com. Just setup some automations to mute activities based on distance / speed / etc.

0 3459941 over 3 years ago

Great recommendation to use Strava. It would be nice if Garmin would give an option to select what to upload. Seems easy enough as other apps allow this selectivity.