# Ditching Strava, the wrong way -- and the right way?

**URL:** https://community.citystrides.com/t/ditching-strava-the-wrong-way-and-the-right-way/28765
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [February 3, 2025, 7:31pm UTC](https://community.citystrides.com/t/ditching-strava-the-wrong-way-and-the-right-way/28765 "2025-02-03T19:31:27Z")
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### Author: ![JamesChevalier](https://community.citystrides.com/user_avatar/community.citystrides.com/jameschevalier/32/2_2.png) [@JamesChevalier](https://community.citystrides.com/u/JamesChevalier)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2025, 10:59pm UTC](https://community.citystrides.com/t/ditching-strava-the-wrong-way-and-the-right-way/28765/2 "2025-02-03T22:59:18Z")

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Basically, yeah, that Strava data was removed when you revoked access & there wasn’t other data present in CityStrides that would make up that progress.

There’s a lot to consider…

- Garmin limits access to old data - see [Where are my older Garmin activities?](https://community.citystrides.com/t/where-are-my-older-garmin-activities/23687) - so be aware that if you revoke access and then re-add your account, that 5 year limit is based on the date that you re-add Garmin to CityStrides not any other date
- I might be able to get Garmin support to re-run the full sync for your account, so you wouldn’t have to do anything other than remove Strava … I say “might” because I’ve never asked for a full sync … oh, and the background info here is that they _also_ only let me request data once so I can’t just run a full sync again like I can for every other service
- Deleting data is pretty slow/“expensive” so if you do revoke Garmin access, you must wait until all of that data is gone (their logo is removed from your profile page) before trying to reconnect
- You _must_ keep Runkeeper connected during this process because if you get to a state where you have zero connected services, then your entire account gets deleted

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