Your Account and Privacy
Manage your profile, login, privacy and email settings
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Account Settings and Preferences
Manage your personal settings, display preferences, and app experience.
- How Do I Change My Personal Settings on Strava?Update your Strava profile details and account settings, including privacy, display, gear, and notification preferences, on the website or in the mobile app.
- How Do I Change my Time and Date Format on Strava?Your Strava time and date format follows your browser language. Change it from any page footer by selecting a different language from the dropdown menu.
- How Do I Enable Dark Mode on Strava?Enable dark mode in the Strava app to invert screen colors and reduce eyestrain, or set it to match your phone's own light or dark appearance setting.
- How Does My Gender Setting Affect Strava Leaderboards?Your Strava gender setting determines which segment leaderboards and achievements, like KOM or QOM, you're eligible for, not what appears on your profile.
- How Do I Customize My Heart Rate Zones on Strava?Strava subscribers can customize their heart rate zones by entering a max heart rate or setting custom zone endpoints in their My Performance settings today.
- How Do I Manage Shoe Mileage Notifications on Strava?Set a mileage reminder for any pair of shoes on Strava from My Gear on the website, and get an email whenever you reach or pass that mileage threshold.
- How Do I Control Strava's Product Improvement Settings?Choose whether your Strava activity data contributes to the Global Heatmap, Points of Interest, and AI features through the Product Improvements settings.
- How Do I Manage My Strava Notifications?Learn how to manage Strava's email, web, app, segment, club, and newsletter notifications, and adjust which ones you receive from your account settings.
Age and Minor Safety
Age requirements, privacy defaults for younger athletes, and eligibility.
- Can I use Strava if I'm under the age of 16?Strava allows accounts starting at age 13, but athletes under 16 cannot upload heart rate data or receive heart rate analysis due to privacy laws today.
- How Does Strava Confirm My Age?Learn how Strava verifies your age using age assurance tools from Apple and Google, and how you can manage your age information as an athlete on Strava.
- Why is my Date of Birth Required on Strava?Find out why Strava requires your date of birth, including how it confirms your eligibility to use Strava and protects younger athletes on the platform.
- What Are My Privacy Control Defaults on Strava When I'm Under 18?See the default privacy settings that Strava applies when you're under 18, which cover your profile, activities, messaging, and other account controls.
Club Waivers
Legal agreements and waiver management for club admins and members.
- What Are the Club Moderation Guidelines for Admins and Owners on Strava?Review Strava's moderation guidelines for club owners and admins, including their responsibilities, prohibited behavior, and rules for all club members.
- Club WaiversFind out how Strava's club waiver feature works for both admins and members, including legal considerations and templates for the waivers you require.
- How Do I Create and Manage Club Waivers as an Admin?Learn how to create, edit, and manage club waivers as an admin on Strava, including data retention, the age requirement, and legal considerations to review.
- What Do I Need to Know About Club Waivers as a Member?Learn how to accept a club waiver on Strava, what happens if you decline one, and what data Strava stores when you accept a club's waiver for its events.
- Club Waiver Legal Considerations and Templates
Data and Health Information
Understand how Strava uses and handles your personal and health data.
- How Does Strava Handle My Data and Privacy?Learn how Strava lets you control your personal data, including exporting your data, health information, product improvements, and other privacy settings.
- How Does Strava Use My Health Data?Learn how Strava collects and uses your health data, such as heart rate, and how to allow or deny Strava's use of that data on the app or website today.
- What Are the Global Heatmap and Strava Metro?Learn how the Global Heatmap and Strava Metro use aggregated activity data with identifying details removed, and how your settings affect what is included.
Followers and Connections
Manage who follows you and how you interact with other athletes.
- How Do I Report a Photo or Video Shared Without My Consent?Learn how to report a photo or video of yourself shared on Strava without your consent, who is able to file the report, and what information is required.
- How Do I Manage My Followers and Block Athletes on Strava?Learn how to unfollow an athlete, remove or block a follower, and unblock someone later, plus what each of these actions changes on your Strava account.
Login and Account Access
Sign in, reset your password, and manage your login methods.
- What Do Strava's Account Security Emails Mean?Learn what it means when you get a Strava email about a password or email change you didn't make, and the steps to take to secure your account right away.
- Facebook Login is no Longer SupportedLog in to Strava without Facebook using a one-time code, Google authorization, or password recovery, and learn how to find your old Facebook login email.
- Forgot your password?Learn how to reset a forgotten Strava password, switch to one-time codes instead, and change your password once you're logged back into your account today.
- How Do I Switch to an Email-and-Password Login for Google?Learn how to switch from Google login to an email and password login on Strava, including what to do if you lose access to your linked email address today.
- How Do I Merge or Delete a Duplicate Strava Account?Find your correct Strava account and learn how to merge, transfer, or delete a duplicate account, including exporting activity data before deletion.
- How Do I Sign In to Strava With a One-Time Code?Sign in to Strava with a one-time code instead of a password, learn how to opt in from your settings, and fix delayed, missing, or expired code emails.
Privacy Controls
Control who sees your activities, profile, and data on Strava.
- What Privacy Settings Should I Consider for my Strava Activities?Learn how map, activity, and profile visibility settings work together so you can fully control what others see on Strava activities.
- How Do My Activity Privacy Controls Work on Strava?Set your Strava activities to Everyone, Followers, or Only You, and learn exactly what each privacy option lets other athletes see and do on your account.
- How Does Challenge Participation Privacy Control Work on Strava?Learn how Strava automatically joins you to active segment challenges along your route and how to turn Challenge Participation on or off in your settings.
- How Do I Edit My Map Visibility on Strava?Learn how to hide the start, end, or all of your activity maps on Strava and choose exactly what other athletes can see on your recorded routes today.
- How Do Flyby Privacy Controls Work on Strava?Learn how Flyby lets other Strava athletes see your activity playback on a map and timeline, how to opt in or out, and exactly who can see you there now.
- How Do Group Activities Privacy Controls Work on Strava?Learn how Strava groups activities you record with others and how to control whether Everyone, Followers, or No One can see you grouped together today.
- How Do I Hide Details From My Activities on Strava?Learn how to hide start time, pace, speed, calories, power, or heart rate from your Strava activities and set defaults for all future activity uploads.
- How Do I Mute an Activity on Strava?Learn how to mute an individual Strava activity so it stops appearing in your home and club feeds, while it still fully counts toward your stats and goals today.
- My Activities Are Set to “Everyone”; Where Does That Data Go on Strava?Learn where your Strava activity data appears, including on leaderboards, feeds, Flyby, Group Activities, the Global Heatmap, and public routes.
- How Do I Opt Out of Sharing My Personal Information on Strava?Learn how to opt out of having your personal information shared with advertisers on Strava from the website, the iOS app, or the Android app right now.
- Privacy ControlsGet a quick reference guide to every Strava privacy control, from your profile and activities to Flyby, map visibility, and personal information sharing.
- What Are Strava's Profile Page Privacy Controls?Learn how Strava profile page privacy settings work, exactly what Everyone versus Followers can see on your profile, and what logged-out visitors see.
- Strava’s Privacy Controls FAQFind answers to common questions about Strava's activity, profile, and photo privacy controls, including defaults, visibility, and data sharing settings.
- How Do Training Log Privacy Controls Work on Strava?Learn how to make your Strava training log public or private, control exactly who can view it, and see how it connects to your profile privacy settings
- What Are My Privacy Defaults When I Create a Strava Account?See the default privacy settings applied to every new Strava account, including profile, activity, map visibility, and messaging, and how to adjust them.
Profile Management
Update your profile, find your URL, and manage your account.
- How Do I Delete My Strava Account?Learn how to permanently delete your Strava account, what happens to your segments, routes, clubs, and data, and how to get help if you're locked out.
- How Do I Export My Strava Data?Learn how to export your Strava activity files in FIT, TCX, or GPX format, and how to request a full bulk export of your account and Developer Hub data.
- How Do I Get and Share Links From Strava?Learn how to find and share direct links to your Strava activities, segments, profile pages, clubs, and routes using either the mobile app or the website.
- Where Do I Find My Profile URL?Learn how to find your Strava profile and activity URLs on the web or mobile app, and how to locate them if you are logged out or have lost the…