

Of course, this option is a bit drastic if you want to share your activities with others instead, you may want to simply obscure where your runs start (and end) so they don't point directly to your house. Your nuclear option is to Hide All Maps, removing any visual data related to your location and preventing you from appearing in segments. Perhaps the most important way to protect yourself with Strava is to use its Map Visibility tools, especially if you often start tracked runs directly from your house.

(Image credit: Michael Hicks / Android Central) You can also choose if you want anyone to see your minute-by-minute Flybys, if you want to have the option to be a Local legend for a specific segment, or if you want anyone or followers to have the option to tag you with Mentions.Īs a side note, you must add a birthday when you create a Strava account, and anyone under 18 will default to Followers for most settings, and certain tools like Flyby will be stuck at Only You. You can separately modify Group Activities if you want those to be visible, but not individual activities. Choose Only You, and the only evidence of your effort will be on challenge progress. By switching to Followers Only, only a little data will be publicly available you'll have to approve a follower request before they can see the rest.Īctivities: If you switch your activities to Followers Only, you won't appear in public leaderboards for segments or challenges. Profile page: By default, anyone can search for your name and see all of your activities, followers, photos, and stats.
