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Published by Floriva · Updated 2026-04-16 · How Floriva checks its guides

How to Switch from Clue to a Private Period Tracker

Export your Clue cycle history, delete the account under GDPR, file a formal data request, and move to a local-first tracker with less readable company-held data.

Clue has the cleanest record among major period trackers, but cloud storage still means subpoena risk. Here's how to export your cycle history and switch to an on-device app.

Why switch from Clue

Clue has the cleanest privacy record among the major period trackers. No FTC enforcement action, no class action settlement, no documented history of selling data to advertisers. Berlin-based and GDPR-native, Clue built its brand on being the responsible option in a category where responsibility was scarce.

That record is real. It is also a weaker protection than most users know.

Clue stores your cycle history on its servers. A server copy of your data exists whether or not Clue behaves responsibly with it. A server copy can be subpoenaed. It can be breached. It can be caught up in a policy change or an acquisition. The strongest privacy guarantee Clue can offer is "we handle your data carefully." An on-device tracker offers a different guarantee: "there is no off-device copy to handle."

If you are on Clue because it felt like the safest cloud tracker, and you are now thinking through subpoena risk after Dobbs or data-broker sales after the Flo settlement, this guide is the clean exit. For more context on what Clue does and does not do with your data, see our Clue alternative overview.

Step 1: Export your cycle history

In Clue, tap the menu icon (three horizontal lines) in the top-left, then Settings, then Data Management, then Export Data. Clue emails a download link within 24-48 hours. The export is a CSV with cycle dates, symptom tags, and tracked categories.

Open the CSV in any spreadsheet. You only need the cycle start dates for the migration, but keep the full file in case you want fertility or symptom context later.

Step 2: Delete your account

Go back to Settings, then Privacy, then Delete Account. Clue's GDPR-compliant flow requires explicit confirmation. Read the prompts carefully and complete each step. Once Clue confirms the deletion, the account is queued for removal from active systems.

Our Clue privacy deep dive walks through the full policy and what deletion actually covers.

Step 3: Submit a CCPA/GDPR data request

Email [email protected] with the subject "GDPR Data Deletion Request." In the body, state your Clue account email and invoke your right under GDPR Article 17 (right to erasure) or CCPA Section 1798.105 if you are a California resident. Ask for confirmation that backups and any derivative datasets are also purged.

Clue has 30 days under GDPR and 45 days under CCPA to respond. Save the email thread. This is the formal record that compels backup purging.

Step 4: Verify deletion

Wait 24-48 hours after step 2. Attempt to log in with your old Clue credentials. A deleted account returns an "account not found" or "invalid credentials" error. If login still works, the deletion did not process and step 2 should be repeated.

For a broader read on what "deletion" means across period apps, see our guide on what happens to period data when you delete an app.

Step 5: Choose your replacement

Three on-device trackers cover most Clue refugees:

Floriva is paid, polished, and oriented around privacy as architecture. Core records stay on your phone, and optional sync is encrypted so Floriva cannot read synced records. Pricing is a flat annual fee.

Euki is free and maintained by a reproductive health nonprofit. No account, no sync, no server. Less refined interface than Floriva or Clue, but the data posture is strong.

Drip is free and open-source, community-maintained. Good pick for users who want to audit the code or contribute.

All three are in our private period tracker roundup, where the tradeoffs between polish, cost, and maintenance model are broken down in more detail.

Step 6: Start fresh in the new app

Open the Clue CSV and pull your last 3-6 cycle start dates. Enter them into the new app during setup. Prediction algorithms need 2-3 recorded cycles to stabilize, and seeding the history cuts the warm-up period significantly.

Once the new tracker has enough history to feel accurate, delete the Clue CSV. The data you did not want on a server should not linger on your local disk either.

If you want more detail on how on-device storage actually works and why it changes the privacy model, our on-device storage explainer covers the architecture.