How to edit km on strava?

Strava is used by millions of worldwide athletes to track and record their activities.

We can showcase or share our activity through pictures along with the distance covered by us. But sometimes, it happens that we unintentionally add unwanted distance to our activities.

This happens when we let the Strava app run in the background even after finishing the activity. But no need to worry as anyone can do that kind of mistake. And thankfully, Strava gives you the authority to edit or change the distance manually. So it is easier for you to keep a record of your activities more precisely.

There are basically two options available on Strava that you can use to edit or change the distance. The options are Crop and Split.

If you use the crop option, then you can just edit the start and endpoint of the activity to make your recorded distance more accurate. On the other hand, the Split option can be used to divide an activity into 2 or 3 parts so that you can edit them individually.

If you’ve messed up the start or endpoint of your activity while recording it, then you can make use of the Strava Cropping feature.

Note: This feature is exclusively available on the Strava Website and can not be used on the Android or iOS app. Although, you can follow these same steps on your phone’s browser.

Make sure you’re cropping the activity exactly as you want. That is because cropping is an irreversible phenomenon on Strava and it can’t be undone at any cost.

Once the activity is cropped successfully, the time, elevation, and mileage will be changed accordingly. You can see the edited activity under My Activites.

Using the Crop feature you can only edit or change the starting or endpoint of an activity. And there’s no feature available to edit the middle part of an activity on Strava. However, what you can do is split an activity into 2 or 3 parts. By doing so, you can easily crop or edit the desired part of an activity. To split an activity on Strava you can follow the steps discussed below:-

1. Log into your Strava account and go to Training > My Activites.

2. Now, select the activity that you want to edit. After that, click on the three-dot icon on the left side and select Split.

3. On the next page, select the number of activities you want to create out of the original activity; the maximum being 3 parts.

4. Once you have selected the number of activities, you can assign the distance for each activity by adjusting the slider at the bottom of the activity map. After that, select Split to divide the activity. (Note: In case of 3 activities, there will be 2 such sliders.)

Following that, a confirmation popup will appear. Just click on the Split button to give permission for splitting. (Note: Much like cropping, splitting activity is also irreversible. So, make sure you’re confident about how you’re splitting the original activity.)

5. Once the splitting is done, you will see 2 or 3 different activities, depending upon the number of activities you chose while splitting. The activities will be having the same name as that of the original activity under the My Activity page.

Now, you can easily edit or crop these activities individually and remove the false distance from your Strava account.

Note:  All the Kudos and Comments you’ve got on the original activity will stay with the first activity after splitting.

It happens sometimes that Strava doesn’t record the whole distance of your activity due to some technical glitches or GPS issues. In that case, you would want to add the lost distance to your already recorded activity. But sadly, you can’t do that. However, you can make a note in the description of the activity about the distance you have lost.

Also, you can create a manual activity by adding the lost distance and the time taken by you to cover that distance. This will help you keep a record of the entire distance covered by you on Strava. If you don’t know how to create a manual activity then here’s how you can:-

1. Open the Strava app on your mobile and tap on the +(add) icon at the bottom right corner of the screen. Next, select Manual activity from the given options.

2. Now, under the Manual Activity, first, you have to provide a title for it. Then, you have to add time, and distance from the top of the screen. Once you’re done with the details, tap on SAVE at the top right corner.

After being saved, this activity will be added to your account. This way, you won’t lose your covered distance on Strava.

Strava is a great fitness tracking platform, however, sometimes due to human errors or technical glitches, it can record activities inaccurately. Although, you can edit the distance in your activity and make it more precise. Also, with the little workaround, you can also add the lost distance in Strava so that you don’t lose it.

We have all done it. Left our Garmin or Strava app running while we put our bike back on the car or driven home from an activity only to find out when we got home that the activity we are so proud of was messed up by a second’s inattention. Fortunately, you can edit distance and time in Strava.

This editing process is called cropping and lets you remove unwanted parts of an activity. It works for exactly that situation above and lets you take away the car journey home while keeping your collection of PBs. You cannot add distance though. If your cycle computer or running watch did not start correctly, you cannot add on those lost miles, only remove them.

If you stop midway through an activity, cropping won’t work. You cannot edit the middle of an activity with cropping alone. For that, we will need to split the activity and crop each end. I’ll show you how to do that in a minute.

You can only crop GPS-supported activities and you can only remove the beginning or the end. Otherwise, the process is very straightforward once you know how. If you have ever created a segment, it uses the same slider tool.

It’s the same setup as creating a segment. You see a new page with a map of your activity, the elevation graph underneath, and a slider at the top of the screen. For large crops, slide the green dot to the right to crop the beginning and the red dot to the left to crop the end. For incremental changes, use the Back and Forward buttons on either side.

You can also zoom in and out of the map to make it more precise. You can adjust as much as you like until you’re ready. No changes are committed until you select Crop on the left.

Once done, the activity is saved and the mileage, elevation, and time adjusted accordingly. You cannot undo a crop once saved so make sure you get it right the first time. Once you hit ‘Crop,’ that’s it.

Cropping only works on the beginning or end of an activity but what if something happened during the activity? You cannot use the Crop tool because that won’t work. Your only options are to leave it alone and add a note in the description to explain or remind yourself why your stats are wrong or to split an activity into two separate activities and crop those.

Splitting an activity is useful if something happens on a run or ride, like a mechanical or rest stop but the app keeps running for some reason and your cycle computer or watch doesn’t stop as it should.

Splitting activities in Strava is quite straightforward but you can only do it on the website and not on the app.

Like cropping, you can see on the map and on the elevation graph where you’re planning to make your mark. When you slide the orange dot, you will see a corresponding orange dot on the map. You can still zoom in to get it exactly right and then select Split to commit your changes.

Once you select Split, it cannot be undone. Your ride will be divided in two permanently.

If you needed to remove the center portion of an activity, you could then select each half of your ride and crop the end. This would remove the old center of the activity which would remove the rest stop/mechanical/feed station stop or whatever. It’s a lot of work to do but if accuracy is important in your Strava records then this is a way to achieve as close to total accuracy as possible with an app like this.

On Android, open your settings from the gear icon in the upper right-hand corner of the Home, Groups, or You tab and click on Display. Tap Units of Measurement to choose between miles and kilometers.