Is it possible to trim Hike Route Data on Apple Watch?

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Is it possible to trim Hike Route Data on Apple Watch?

I went for a hiking workout and didn’t remember to stop the watch when I got to the bus stop.

My route shows a section of the bus route now! I don’t want to delete the workout and lose the map of my walk route, just trim it to the correct finish point.

On a Garmin this is relatively easy. I can see no way to do it on the Apple Watch and Health App but see items that are some years old suggesting it couldn’t be done - I’m hoping that this has changed by now and I simply can’t work it out.

How do I trim my hike route without losing all the data for the good part of the hike?

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Posted on Jul 21, 2024 9:48 AM

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Answer 1

Jul 22, 2024 1:28 AM in response to elDuck

I'm afraid this can not be done in watchOS 10. Adding the data manually and deleting the other data after that would be the only way to correct this. And you will Loe the maps data.

How to manually add a workout in the Health app - Apple Support

But you can tell Apple directly about your wishes for future updates by using the Feedback link:

Feedback - Apple Watch - Apple

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Jul 22, 2024 11:36 PM in response to Ingo2711

Thanks, @Ingo2711. That's what I feared. I've raised the feedback for it.

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Jul 22, 2024 11:52 PM in response to elDuck

You're welcome.

Can you edit the hiking workout in Garmin Connect? I haven't used this app for a while.

If you could do that, share the workout with Garmin and edit it. Then import it back to Health.

There are 3rd party apps that let you share workouts between other workout apps, for example RunGap.

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elDuck Author

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Jul 23, 2024 12:14 AM in response to Ingo2711

Workouts recorded on the Apple Watch don't show in Garmin Connect (it only seems to know about Garmin devices - I've not found a way to import to it) so I'm trying to only use the Health app rather than jumping around for the sake of it.

The number of comments about people forgetting to stop their workout and then recording a drive home is quite high, but they are mostly quite old comments. I had hoped that it would have been fixed by now so I'm surprised that it is still not an option.

Maybe the Apple development team are all super-human and remember to stop their activity tracking promptly.

The auto-stop (or prompt to ask if you want to stop) option doesn't work for those of us more mature folk that like to stop and look at the view and catch our breath now and then when we are walking. ;)

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Jul 23, 2024 12:25 AM in response to elDuck

I use the "WorkOutDoors" app on my Apple Watch to record most of my workouts, and the Autopause feature seems to work a bit better.

From time to time I use RunGap to export my MTB cycling workouts to Garmin Connect, showing me a VO2 max estimate, which the default cycling workout does not provide in watchOS.

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elDuck Author

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Jul 23, 2024 12:29 AM in response to Ingo2711

Thanks, I'll check it out. I only ever do outdoor walking these days.

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Answer 7

Jul 23, 2024 12:41 AM in response to elDuck

You're welcome 🙂

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Is it possible to trim Hike Route Data on Apple Watch?

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