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Turn Off Period Data in Health Connect
Use this Android checklist to review Health Connect period data, remove app permissions, and delete data you no longer need.
Health Connect can help apps share health data on Android. That can be useful if you use a wearable, a fitness app, or a health app.
It can also create another place where period data sits. One app may write the data. Another app may read it later if you allow it.
This checklist helps you cut access down to what you need.
1. Find Health Connect
The path can vary by Android version and phone maker.
Try this first:
Open Settings. Search for "Health Connect." Open Health Connect. Tap App permissions.
If you cannot find it, open the Health Connect app if it is installed. Some phones also show it under Security & privacy or Apps.
2. List apps with access
Write down every app listed in Health Connect.
For each app, note:
App name. Can read data. Can write data. Has menstrual cycle access. Has sleep, activity, or body data access. You still use it.
Do not focus only on period apps. A wellness app may request broad health access too.
3. Turn off period data access
For each app:
Tap the app name. Find menstrual cycle or reproductive health data. Turn off read access you do not want. Turn off write access you do not want. Save or back out.
Keep access only when the app needs it for a use you chose.
Examples:
Keep write access if your main tracker sends cycle dates to Health Connect. Keep read access if a trusted app needs that data for a feature you use. Turn off access if the app does not need cycle data.
4. Check data already stored
Permission changes affect access. They may not clean up old data.
In Health Connect:
Open Data and access. Find menstrual cycle or related data. Review what is stored. Check which app wrote it. Decide what to keep.
Google says you can delete Health Connect data by category, by app, or all at once. Use the narrowest delete option that fits your goal.
5. Check the app account too
Health Connect is not the whole story. A period app may store data in its own account.
Open each period app and check:
Account email. Cloud sync. Backup. Export. Delete account. Marketing or research sharing.
If you delete an app account, export anything you need first.
6. Android privacy settings to check
While you are there, review normal app permissions too.
Location. Nearby devices or Bluetooth. Photos and videos. Contacts. Notifications. Background data.
Turn off permissions that do not serve your use.
7. Your Health Connect worksheet
Use one line per app:
App Reads cycle data Writes cycle data Keep access Why
Keep the answer short. If the reason is "not sure," turn access off and see if anything you need breaks.
8. After you change settings
Do this after one week:
Open Health Connect again. Check the same app list. Confirm old apps did not regain access. Check whether new cycle data appeared. Remove any app you stopped using.
Repeat the check after installing a wearable or switching phones.
Where Floriva fits
Floriva is built so basic tracking does not need Health Connect. That can keep cycle data out of a shared health hub. Some people still want Health Connect for wearables or care notes. If you choose optional sync, account, or export features, review those paths too.