Iphone and watch keep counting golf-cart driving as steps or a bike ride

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Iphone and watch keep counting golf-cart driving as steps or a bike ride

I am trying to count steps every day, but my I-phone and watch keep counting my riding on my bouncy golf-cart as steps and as exercise. I drive around a 50 acre property on dirt roads much of the day. The watch keeps suggesting I'm out on a bike ride and asking to record it. The watch is on my wrist, and the phone is in my pocket. While I'm racking up an impressive number of steps everyday, I would like to have a legitimate, accurate count to improve my health. It is messing up calorie counting in my apps for weight management. Is there a way to train them not to do that?

iPhone 11, iOS 15

Posted on Sep 23, 2022 11:48 AM

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Answer 1

Rigo_O86

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Sep 26, 2022 09:11 AM in response to tonya213

Hi tonya213,

It sounds like you're having some trouble with managing your fitness tracking data and we can help.

There's probably not a simple way to stop this from happening, but one option would be to delete the steps out of your Health data after you take a ride.

Try the following to delete steps:

Tap Health app > Summary.
Tap your Steps > Tap the date you want to edit.
Swipe left on the entry you want to delete, and tap delete.

You'll see the entires listed by the minute, so it can be quite easy to delete the steps from just your golf cart ride

Learn more here:

Manage Health data on your iPhone, iPod touch, or Apple Watch

Thanks for using the Apple Support Communities.

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tonya213 Author

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Sep 26, 2022 10:51 AM in response to Rigo_O86

Thanks, but there is no way this will work for me. I drive the cart all over a large nursery for work probably 15-20 times a day, and jump off and walk around doing things. Which is when I would like to log my steps. I think I'm going to have to get an old-school clip on pedometer that works when my legs are moving and remove the health app as a source for step counts from all my apps. It would be great if Apple could improve this tracker to be more accurate.

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SnickZ.

Community Specialist

Sep 26, 2022 01:15 PM in response to tonya213

We totally understand, tonya213. If you’d like, you could reach out to our Health Support team who may have a recommendation for you. You can use this link to contact them: Get Support

All the best.

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