Possible to turn off fitness tracking but still use Workouts app?

[QCassidy352]

I want to turn off the general fitness tracking on my Apple Watch. I don’t find it helpful or accurate (stand, in particular, but all of them, really). But, I still want to use the workout app for dedicated workouts and see, for a particularly workout, metrics like calories burned.

if I turn off fitness tracking in iPhone/Apple Watch/privacy, am I going to lose that data for workouts? Is there any way to accomplish what I want?

thank you!

 

[Sirious]

Sure, in the Watch app you can turn off:

• Stand reminders (Activity)
• Breathe reminders (Breathe)
• Coaching (Activity)
• Goal completions (Activity)
• Special challenges (Activity)

Fitness data is not affected when you use workouts with any of the above turned off.
You also will not lose existing data when you turn them off from now. You earned that data, its permanent (unless you go in and delete it from the Health app).

 

[QCassidy352]

Thanks, but I don’t just want to turn off notifications, I don’t want those things tracked, except during a dedicated workout. Is that possible?

 

[Sirious]

Thanks, but I don’t just want to turn off notifications, I don’t want those things tracked, except during a dedicated workout. Is that possible?

That's not possible, it'll still track things like when you stand. You can turn off the reminders, but you can't turn off the actual tracking.

 

[QCassidy352]

Even if I turn off fitness tracking in the Apple Watch app?

 

[Deep.sky]

If you turn it off, you turn it off. I would think it would be a pain to have to remember to turn it on for a workout, then turn it off again afterwards. Sooner or later you would forget to do one or the other. Easier to just leave it on all the time, but disable all the notifications, and not include any fitness data in your watch faces.

 

[QCassidy352]

alright, thanks. I'll just turn it off and leave it off. No big deal if I lose it for workouts.