This article shows you how to stay in control of your privacy as a Verified or Pro athlete, even with a public profile — from keeping your location private to sharing it in real time with people you trust.
What you share is your choice.
What you share is your choice.
Your privacy matters
At Strava, we’re committed to providing meaningful choices about how and what kind of personal information you share. As a Verified athlete your profile is public, but you can choose which activities to make private, how much of your map you want to share, whether to hide your activity start time, and more.
As someone who loves to share their life but stay safe, I appreciate how I can choose what to share whether that's the full route, hiding start and finish points when running from friends’ or family’s homes, or keeping it completely private.
Andrea FerenceVerified Athlete
Not all of your active life has to be public
Easily set up privacy zones or hide the start and end points on your maps. Don't want to include the map at all? No problem, simply include a picture or video instead. Learn more.
Choose whether you want your activities to be public, visible to Followers, or only to you. Set a default option, or apply your choice to specific activities. Learn more.
Show or hide your power, heart rate, calories, pace, starting time, and speed data. Look for the “Hide Stats” section when editing an activity. Learn more.
A public profile is required to keep a Verified or Pro badge. This includes sharing at least 3 public activities a month. Everything else – map data, activity visibility, stats – stays yours to control. Learn more.
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