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Impact of deleting history on the watch ?

StephanK. over 5 years ago

Hello guys and girls,

what would be the impact of deleting the history of workout "on the watch" of course after all is synced up ?

would that clean some memory on the watch ? any impact on recovery status etc etc ?

I do have an history up to 2 years almost...

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CloggyAbroad over 5 years ago +2

Once a month I delete everything over a month old. If you delete newer activities the 30 day activity overview is affected but as far as I can see nothing else. The watch is supposed to overwrite the oldest…
CloggyAbroad over 5 years ago in reply to StephanK. +2

Yes, everything that is uploaded is not affected. Easiest way is to connect your 945 to a PC, go to the GARMIN/ACTIVITIES folder and bulk delete there. I have no idea how and if this works on a MAC because…
StephanK. over 5 years ago in reply to CloggyAbroad +1

In all cases, all the info remains in garmin connect correct ?

WTF ! over 30 activities to delete ! :)

i'll try to delete the old record

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0 CloggyAbroad over 5 years ago

Once a month I delete everything over a month old. If you delete newer activities the 30 day activity overview is affected but as far as I can see nothing else. The watch is supposed to overwrite the oldest activities if it runs out of storage space but I have no desire to find out if that works or not.

0 StephanK. over 5 years ago in reply to CloggyAbroad

In all cases, all the info remains in garmin connect correct ?

WTF ! over 30 activities to delete ! :)

i'll try to delete the old record

0 CloggyAbroad over 5 years ago in reply to StephanK.

Yes, everything that is uploaded is not affected. Easiest way is to connect your 945 to a PC, go to the GARMIN/ACTIVITIES folder and bulk delete there. I have no idea how and if this works on a MAC because everything Apple does has to be difficult and different

0 StephanK. over 5 years ago in reply to CloggyAbroad

Not stupid suggestion ! On mac, works the same :)

0 StephanK. over 5 years ago in reply to CloggyAbroad

did you notice any slow down in the menu or something ?

0 Dr Phil over 5 years ago in reply to StephanK.

It is different on the Mac. You need Android File Transfer to access the Activity folder unless you choose to delete the history from the watch directly.