How to Delete Workouts on Apple Watch the Right Way

Apple Watch remains one of the most reliable fitness tracking smartwatches. It captures your workouts with excellent accuracy and gives you a clear view of your daily and long-term fitness journey. Still, there are moments when you may want to delete a workout on Apple Watch, especially if you logged something by mistake, ended up with a duplicate entry, noticed incorrect tracking, or had your watch auto-detect an activity you never intended to record. The process is simple, yet many users aren’t sure where to look.

If you’re one of them, you’re in the right place. This post details how to delete, edit, and manage Apple Watch workouts so your fitness history stays accurate.

Can You Delete Workouts Directly on Apple Watch?

No, you cannot delete a workout on the Apple Watch itself. Even though the Apple Watch records everything, stored workouts can only be managed in the Fitness app or the Health app on your paired iPhone. Once you delete a workout on your iPhone, the change updates across your devices.

2 Ways to Delete an Apple Watch Workout

The Fitness and Health apps store all your Apple Watch activity records, including every session you track. If you want to delete a workout on Apple Watch, this is where the actual cleanup happens.

Using the Fitness App

1. Open the Fitness app and ensure you’re on the Summary tab.
2. Now, tap the forward arrow icon in the Sessions tile.
3. Here, you’ll see the list of all the workouts your Apple Watch has recorded so far.
   
4. Next, find the workout you want to delete, and swipe left on it.
5. Tap the Trash Bin (Delete) icon that appears.
6. If you want to remove the workout but keep the calories and metrics, tap Delete Workout Only. If you want it removed completely, tap Delete Workout and Data.
   

Using the Health App

If your Fitness data is synced with the Health app, any workout shown in the Fitness app also appears in Health. You can delete it from here as well.

1. Open the Health app and tap the Magnifying Glass (Search) icon at the bottom right corner.
2. Search for Workouts and select it.
   
3. Next, scroll down and tap Show All Data. You’ll see a list of all the workouts stored in the Health app.
   
4. Swipe left on the workout you want to delete.
5. Tap the Trash Bin (Delete) icon that appears.
6. Finally, choose whether you want to:
   • Delete Workout Only
   • Delete Workout and Data
     

Delete Workout vs. Delete Workout and Data

When you delete a workout on Apple Watch from your iPhone, two options appear. They affect your Activity rings and Health data differently, so it helps to know what they mean.

• Delete Workout Only keeps your calorie burn and exercise minutes, but removes the workout type. This is useful when the workout category was wrong, but the rest of the data is accurate.
• Delete Workout and Data removes everything linked to that workout. Your calories, exercise minutes, and metrics will update instantly across Fitness and Health. Use this when the entire entry is incorrect or logged by mistake.

How to Delete Accidental Exercise Minutes on Apple Watch

Your Apple Watch sometimes awards exercise minutes even when you weren’t intentionally working out. A quick brisk walk, heavy lifting around the house, or a bit of energetic movement can trigger the sensors. Since this data often isn’t tied to a workout, you have to delete it separately.

1. Open the Health app and tap the Magnifying Glass icon.
2. Search for Exercise Minutes and select it.
   
3. Scroll down and tap Show All Data.
4. Now, swipe left on the data you want to delete.
5. Tap the Trash Bin (Delete) icon that appears.
   

What Happens After You Delete a Workout?

After you delete a workout on Apple Watch through the Fitness or Health app, your Activity rings adjust to reflect the corrected calories. Your trends update and the workout disappear from your history. These changes help keep your progress accurate.

If a third-party app originally recorded the entry, it may reappear after syncing. In that case, open the third-party app and remove the workout there too.

Tips for Managing Workout Accuracy

While it’s easy to delete a workout on Apple Watch using your iPhone, preventing accidental logs saves time. You can make a few habits part of your routine, like checking the Workout app before moving, turning off Auto-Detect for activities you rarely use, locking the screen during water workouts, and ending workouts manually to avoid extra tracking.

Keep Your Workout History Clean

Knowing how to delete a workout on Apple Watch helps keep your fitness data reliable. Since all edits happen through the Fitness or Health app, you don’t need to handle anything on the watch’s small screen. It helps to check your logs regularly and remove accidental entries as soon as you spot them, so your Activity records always reflect your real progress.

If you’re stuck with an issue on your Apple Watch, feel free to ask in the comments, and we’ll guide you.

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