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For a few weeks now I've been facing the following situation: in the Strava app I have notifications but no warning bubbles appear on the home screen. I've uninstalled the app, cleared cache and data, checked the settings but to no avail. What should I do?

I’ve given up waiting for Strava to give us a way to show Elapsed Time. Some of you may already know this trick, hitting PAUSE and immediately RESUME during an activity (do this just once) and your run or ride will show Moving and Elapsed Time with just a second or two off the clock.   

The Galloway method is worldwide and used by runners in the thousands, why has Strava not taking it to the next level and have live interval walk run walk  capability 

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I’d like to merge an old account.  Unfortunately I don’t have access to the email address for the old account.  Once the data is merged to new account, I’d like to delete the old account.  Is this possible? 

Hi,I run a Club on Strava. Each month I create 5 other 6 sessions, which automatically send out email notifications to everyone in my Club. Today, out of the 6 sessions I created, email notifications were only send out about 3 of them. What happened to the rest? How do I easily share the events with everyone without needing to manually invite each person?Thanks,

My Strava post for snowboarding today didn’t upload until I got home from the mountain since I didn’t have great service. I tried to look up how to fix this issue so I turned off the indoor toggle setting on Strava.com and that didn’t change anything. I also noticed my max speed, vertical and runs didn’t post either, the only thing that is shown as recorded was the time, distance and avg speed :/ I’m super bummed about this and would love to have some help to get it figured out!

I have not needed to use the mapping facility since the New Year but when opening it up this week I find it has changed. Is this just my Strava set up or is it new. When I open Strava up all seems normal, apart from it being a bit slow. When I go to my routes to alter my standard routes and select one, it comes up in 3D, there is no option to change to 2D. When I click Edit the map goes to 2D. When I click on the route to change and try to move it, the whole map moves. I can now, I have found, click on a Waypoint and alter route but the whole screen changes from Editing to Building a new route. Do I have a problem or is this how it should be

Hi team,I wanted to float an idea that feels genuinely exciting and very “Strava”.Could we consider adding Litter Picking as an official activity type?At the moment, anyone doing a clean-up logs it as a walk or hike. But litter picking is its own thing. It’s movement with purpose. It’s time on your feet, miles covered, calories burned — but also bags collected, streets improved, parks restored.There’s a real grassroots movement happening here in the UK and beyond. Community clean-ups are growing fast. People are organising via WhatsApp groups, local clubs, schools, running crews. It already overlaps heavily with the Strava demographic.If this became an official activity, it could unlock some powerful dynamics: Dedicated leaderboards for litter picking Club competitions Monthly “most impact” challenges Streaks for weekly clean-ups Heatmaps showing

In December I renewed my annual personal subscription. I’d like to switch to a family subscription, since my kids want to start using Strava.From the Q&A I learned that I need to end my current subscription and wait until it expires before I can switch. Waiting more than eight months sounds rather unappealing.

In January i signed in for Strava membership (plus), one month for free. I dit not work, my account was not activated. I signed out again. Later on, beceause my account was connected with my visa, the money for a melbership was payed to Strava aldo I dit sign out emmidiatly. The extra features of a payed membership still do not work. is it possible to give me my money back or to activate my account on the date of today? I Would like to hear from you soon. 

Hi, I have an old strava account that I would like to get the data from and merge it with my new account.  My old account is annoyingly linked to an email address of a company I no longer work at.  I can still access it however through a facebook login.  When I go to download the data it says it will email a code to my old email address (which I no longer have access to!).  What can I do please!?

Use caseA challenge that occurs on a specific day of the week over X number of weeks. Current problemChallenges have to be over a span of days/weeks. Users are not limited to specific days, and challenges cannot be set to a single day that repeats each week.

Another improvement that would add real value inside Strava is visibility into which specific activities generated a heatmap segment.Current limitation:When viewing a heatmap, especially personal heatmaps, you can see where activity has occurred but you cannot easily identify which ride created that trace. This becomes especially frustrating when:• No photos were uploaded during that activity• It was from a past trip in another country• Multiple similar routes overlap• You are trying to remember a specific ride or training blockSuggested feature:• Drop a pin anywhere on the heatmap• Display a list of activities that passed through that exact point or segment• Sort by date, distance, elevation, or activity type• Click directly into the selected activityThis would transform the heatmap from a visual density layer into an actionable navigation tool.Use cases:• Identifying a memorable climb or des

Using the Route Builder in Strava every week to organize rides has made one friction point very clear: the number of clicks required to complete simple actions keeps increasing.Example: 3 clicks vs 1 Heatmaps tab → Global → Done This flow could easily be a single step. Instead, it interrupts momentum and pulls you out of the creative process of building or refining a route.When planning rides regularly — especially across multiple regions — small UX inefficiencies compound fast. For a paid service, this level of friction feels unnecessary.Suggestions:• Reduce multi-step confirmations where possible• Allow one-click toggles for heatmap modes• Add keyboard shortcuts (or clearly communicate them if they already exist)• Enable quick toggle hotkeys for route path on/off• Use the existing left-side white column more efficiently for fast-access actionsRoute building should feel fluid. Right now, it feels procedural.

One feature that would significantly improve the Route Builder in Strava is the ability to upload a GPX file as a temporary trace layer while creating a route.Current challenge:When recreating a long ride (100 km+), especially one ridden by someone else, it’s difficult to manually trace it accurately. The existing black “ghost line” during edits is inconsistent and often disappears, making it hard to stay precisely on track.Suggested feature:• Upload a GPX file as a non-editable overlay• Display it as a faint “ghost route” layer• Allow snapping to roads while following that trace• Toggle opacity on/off• Option to convert the trace into a fully editable route once completeUse cases:• Rebuilding a friend’s ride• Recreating event or race routes• Importing historic GPX files but improving them with better road snapping• Long-distance travel routes (100–200 km) where precision mattersThis would red

For those of us who train across multiple locations and countries,the current route browsing system on Strava is starting to feel very limiting.Right now, route filtering is extremely basicmainly distance and elevation. That might work for casual users,but for athletes who build structured training libraries,it quickly becomes messy and hard to manage.Key issues:• No proper location-based organization (country / city / region grouping)• No way to bulk reorganize or archive old routes• No tagging or categorization system• Difficult to quickly find specific training routesSuggested improvements: Location folders or auto-grouping by map region Custom labels or tags (e.g., Race, Intervals, Z2, Recovery, Climbing, Travel) Ability to archive, delete, or bulk edit routes Smart filtering (surface type, race simulation, training intent)

I am unable to add a starting location to all club events. Since this is a required field, I can’t add any new events to our calendar. Is there an easy fix for this?

There is a bug in Strava’s Club design wherein after 1000 people join a Club - admin and owners lose the ability to control the club’s size or member list. Our club has accidentally grown too large and we want to support our local community. But many people have joined who are international and have no connection to our nonprofit organization. We want permission control as admin and owners. 

Would be great if there were more categories in the statistics tab. There are a lot of activities to choose from that are tracked. But it only gives 3 options for statistics. (Running, Biking, Swimming)

It would be very helpful for the Strava App to be able to track oxygen saturation from devices.

On the hill segment leaderboards, I have noticed that the people in first have gotten a faster time by going down the hill instead of up it. For example, there is a VERY steep hill near my house that most people average around 22-45 seconds on going up, but the top two have a time of 5 & 11 seconds, and soon inspection it showed that they had went down the hill (most likely at the cost of their shins) and got 1st and 2nd for that hill. Would adding a system to check if the time was achieved during a rise or decline in elevation be of help?

I ran a marathon this weekend and started my garmin about one minute late, so my activity is showing that I didn’t quite run a full marathon. Is there a way to edit the map to add that initial ~.1 mile?