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Disabling step tracking on your iPhone not only helps conserve battery but also limits the collection of personal data.
If you wish to avoid data collection and step tracking on your iPhone, follow these steps.
1. How to Delete Step Count History on iPhone
The footsteps history on iPhone is permanently stored, and if you don't delete them, they will remain in the data repository to serve Apple's research and development.
Step 1: Open the Health app on your iPhone. If you can't find it, you can search for it in the Spotlight.
Step 2: In the Health app, locate the Step (1) section and tap on it to view detailed step data.
Then, continue to select Show all data (2) to see all step data from past to present.
Step 3: To delete all step data, simply choose Edit (1) and tap Delete all (2).
Step 4: The system will confirm the data deletion request, just select Delete all to complete.
2. How to disable step tracking feature on iPhone
If you no longer wish to be tracked for steps on iPhone, you can permanently turn off this feature in Settings.
Step 1: Open the Settings app on your phone.
Step 2: Next, navigate to the Privacy section within settings.
Step 3: Under the privacy section, Apple has a dedicated section called Motion & Fitness for tracking.
Step 4: Finally, simply turn off the fitness tracking feature or disable it individually for each app to stop tracking steps.
Besides Health, there are numerous other apps tracking your steps such as Flo, Mi Fit, Pokemon Go,... If you don't want these apps to track you, simply disable them in settings.
In this article, Software Tricks has guided you on how to disable step tracking feature on iPhone. Have a great day, everyone!
