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Published by Floriva · Updated 2026-04-28 · How Floriva checks its guides

How to Leave Ovia and Switch to a Private Period Tracker

Ovia was acquired by Labcorp in 2021. Here's how to export your fertility and cycle data, delete your account, and move to an on-device tracker.

In 2021, Labcorp, a major healthcare diagnostics company, acquired Ovia Health. Your fertility and cycle data is now held by a healthcare company with commercial interests in that data. This guide walks you through exporting your history, deleting your account, and switching to a local-first app.

Why the Labcorp acquisition matters

Ovia launched as a fertility and cycle tracking app aimed at people who wanted more data than typical period trackers offered. BBT logging, ovulation windows, symptom tracking, pregnancy progression. For a long time, it was a credible choice in the fertility space.

In 2021, Labcorp acquired Ovia Health. Labcorp is not a tech startup. It is one of the largest clinical diagnostics companies in the United States, running laboratory testing for millions of patients and working directly with healthcare payers and employers.

The acquisition did not automatically mean your data was sold or misused. But it changed who holds the data and what interests they have. A healthcare diagnostics company acquiring a consumer fertility app is not acquiring it for the interface. The data is the asset. Your cycle logs, fertility tracking, pregnancy data, and health notes are now inside an organization whose business model is built on health data infrastructure.

No FTC enforcement action has been confirmed against Ovia or Labcorp related to this data. But the question of who controls that information, and under what business conditions, is different after 2021 than it was before.

Step 1: Export your data

Open the Ovia app and navigate to Settings (the gear icon), then Privacy, then Download My Data. Ovia sends a download link to your registered email address. The export covers cycle logs, symptom entries, health notes, and fertility tracking data.

Download and save the file before doing anything else. Once the account is deleted, you cannot recover this history from Ovia's servers.

For context on what apps collect and how exports work across different trackers, see our guide to how period tracker apps collect data.

Step 2: Delete your account

In Settings, go to Account, then Delete Account. Ovia sends an email confirmation, complete it. The deletion typically processes within minutes to a few hours.

Deleting the app from your phone is not the same as deleting the account. The account deletion is what begins the process of removing your data from Ovia's systems.

Step 3: Submit a formal deletion request

Email [email protected] with the subject "Data Deletion Request." Include the email address tied to your Ovia account. State clearly that you are requesting complete deletion of all personal data, including any copies held in backups or derived datasets.

One additional step worth taking: note in your email that you understand Ovia is a Labcorp company, and that you expect the deletion request to apply to data held by the parent company and any affiliated entities. This is not guaranteed to expand scope, but it creates a documented record of your intent.

If you are a California resident, cite CCPA Section 1798.105. Ovia (as a California-facing service) has 45 days to respond.

Step 4: Verify the deletion

Wait 24-48 hours after completing step 2. Then try to log in with your old Ovia credentials. A successful deletion returns an "account not found" or "invalid credentials" error. If you can still log in, the deletion did not complete. Repeat step 2 or contact Ovia's privacy team directly.

Step 5: Choose your replacement

The on-device replacement decision depends on how much of Ovia's fertility feature set you relied on.

Floriva keeps core cycle data on your phone. Floriva has no readable central cycle database. If subpoena risk or data broker exposure is why you are leaving, Floriva is a direct replacement for general cycle and symptom tracking.

Euki is free and maintained by a reproductive health nonprofit. Strong on-device architecture, less feature-dense than Ovia on the fertility side.

Both are covered in our private period tracker roundup. If the fertility tracking features are critical to your use case, check the feature comparisons there before committing.

Step 6: Transfer your history

Open your Ovia export and find your last 3-6 cycle start dates. Enter them into your new tracker during setup. Most trackers ask for recent cycle history during onboarding. This is the step that seeds the prediction algorithm and avoids a calibration gap.

Once your new tracker has two or three recorded cycles under its belt, delete the Ovia export file. The data you wanted off a server should not sit on your local device indefinitely.

For more on why on-device architecture changes what's possible for law enforcement access, see our guide on whether police can access period tracker data.