Health & Fitness
Health, fitness, and wellness apps. · 24 services
About Health & Fitness Accounts
Health and fitness apps including MyFitnessPal, Strava, Fitbit, Peloton, and telemedicine services store highly sensitive data about your body, medical conditions, location patterns, and personal habits. This category requires special attention due to the sensitivity of health data.
Why Delete Health & Fitness Accounts?
Health apps collect some of the most personal data possible including weight, heart rate, sleep patterns, GPS routes, menstrual cycles, and medical information. This data may be shared with insurance companies, sold to third parties, or exposed in breaches. Health data is particularly sensitive and may affect insurance coverage.
Data Retention Policies
Health data may be subject to additional protections under laws like HIPAA (for covered entities) and may have longer retention requirements for medical records. Fitness data is often less protected and may be retained indefinitely. Connected device data may persist in device memory even after account deletion. Some services offer data export for health records.
Tips for Health & Fitness Account Deletion
- Export all health data before deletion (many apps offer this feature in settings)
- Unlink connected fitness devices and health apps like Apple Health/Google Fit
- Download progress photos and measurements if you want them
- Consider that deleting health app data may affect historical trend analysis
- Check if your doctor or insurer needs access to any historical data
- Remove permissions from health sharing platforms like Apple HealthKit
- For MyFitnessPal: Export data includes food diary, exercise log, and weight history
- For Strava: Your activity map data reveals home and work locations
- For Fitbit: Data syncs with device; factory reset device after account deletion
- For telemedicine: Request that records be sent to your primary care provider
- Note: HIPAA-covered entities may retain records for legal minimum retention periods
Top services in Health & Fitness
Contact support by email or by phone at 1-888-910-1808 and request that your account be deleted. Your request can be denied if you still have an active service or transaction with them.
~30 minLogin ⮕ More ⮕ Account ⮕ Delete Account
~2 minFrom the dashboard website, click 'Settings', then scroll down and click 'Delete Account'. You'll receive an e-mail with the link for the actual deletion. If you're on your mobile device, download the Fitbit app and follow the same steps.
~10 minLogin, click profile link, scroll down to delete and confirm.
~2 minContact support using the linked form or by email and request account deletion.
~30 minSelect the DELETE YOUR DATA option under the DATA MANAGEMENT section. Deletion process will be started and an email is sent upon finishing.
~2 minClick "Delete my account" and follow the instructions that appear.
~2 minOn you account page, go to the 'Close Account & Delete Data' tab.
~2 minGo to the Settings page of your account, then account information and click “Close account”.
~2 minThis will also delete the profiles for MapMyRun, MapMyWalk, and/or MapMyFitness that are associated with the same email
~2 minThis will also delete the profiles for MapMyRun, MapMyWalk, and/or MapMyFitness that are associated with the same email
~2 minJust login and head to the account settings to click on delete account.
~2 minYou have to contact the support team by email (privacy_support@myheritage.com) to delete both your site and your account.
~30 minYou have to send a request via the contact page with your account information. You will receive an email a few days after asking for your birth date to prove it's your account. Give them and they will delete your account a few days later.
~30 minTo permanently delete your Peloton Account, please fill out the Privacy Request Form. Once the form is completed, the Peloton Privacy Team will begin processing your request.
~30 minSelect the account deletion option from the site.
~2 minEnter your password, select a reason for deletion, complete the captcha, press the delete button and then confirm it in the dialog.
~2 minTo delete your account go to Runtastic.com & log in, click on the arrow on the right side of your user name, click on "Settings", click on "Login Data" on the left hand side, click on "Delete my account" at the bottom
~2 minYou must contact your insurance to delete your Teladoc account.
~30 minCancel any subscriptions associated with your account. Then you must send an email to Ten Percent support to have them delete your account. They will delete the account associated with the email address from which you send the request. Once their confirmation email arrives, your credentials will no longer work.
~30 minFill the form, selecting "Customer/Former Customer" and "Delete My Information" on the respective prompts. A link will be sent to your email to confirm.
~10 minYou can delete your account after logging in, in one click from the user settings page. You can also choose to have your data sent to you first. The deletion process takes 7 days.
~2 minDifficulty breakdown
Balance quick wins with harder deletions in this category.
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