To STOP segments during a workout on Apple Watch:

Hi! I tried these instructions and the issue remains. How come there isn’t a way to stop it all together!?! This is so upsetting! Every other workout ends up stopping because there are too many splits!! Help please !!

It is funny you mention this; the exact same thing happened to me this morning as I had a long sleeve shirt - I ended up with more than 20 segments (which I don’t need at all). Also, each time a drop of sweat lands on the watch it creates a segment - SO FREAKING RIDICULOUS!!!!

I had it with this watch - I just pull the trigger on a Garmin watch! So disappointing Apple!

We shouldn't have to do workarounds to get rid of this stupid set up. Apple just won't fix it!

I gave up already - I purchased a Garmin watch and I am selling the Apple Watch. Seriously, a trillion dollar company cannot attend to this - it is simply messed up.

Well, I see I'm not the only one who experiences this "segments" problem; I thought for a while it was an operator error issue. It happened again just yesterday, during the final mile of a five-mile run, when my watch announced what must've been 10 or 12 segments. I've looked at the various solutions suggested by others here, but none worked for me. Very frustrating.

The same thing happens to me - when it rains, it is a mess! it even stop the whole activity. So useless!

That appears to work for cycling, which I haven't had any problem with, but I don't see it for outdoor walk or run. I only have problems with those two.

At least now I know in case I do have segment problems with cycling. Regardless, thanks for the info.

This is very frustrating. I’m not super technical but I followed Some good advice here from the community. I have Ultra series and turned off splits. Within 5 minutes of a walk I got 9 split notifications. This just started happening. I hope there’s a bug fix. Unless I’m doing something wrong?

I believe this feature is not tested or someone developed it who never did a serious workout. Its a joke. It pauses my current workout, its a joke for this price. I am really disappointed, hopefully apple can fix this problem FOR FREE and not to buy an extra feature like they did on Mac for several times.

I just had the same thing happen on my brand new Ultra2 today—my first Apple watch ever. This bug ruined the very first run I took. I had no idea how long I had run, so I had to restart the workout about five times.

Before I, too, bail on Apple for a better sports watch, can anyone report whether a running app like Strava installed on the watch gets around this problem?

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3x triple tap on the crown is my workaround for now. It's a mode you set in accessibility > Open the Watch app on the iPhone and go to Accessibility > Touch Accommodations · Turn on Hold Duration, set it to 1s or 2s (whatever you like). That allows me to access everything while working out using buttons, but screen touches need to be held for one second or two, which results in errorless workout tracking.

Better mark your post solved to avoid people trying to help you as you have no problem.

I have the same exact issue! Please let us know how to disable this!!

I live in a circle which is half mile for a circle, I walk 8 circles which is 4 miles, last two days my watch tells me that I walk only 2.65 miles?

Same here.

Just get a Garmin watch!!