How to Export or Delete Your GLP-1 Tracking Data (Checklist)

Can you export or delete your GLP-1 tracking data? In most app-store apps you should be able to do both: Apple and Google both require apps that let you create an account to let you delete it from inside the app. Exports are not guaranteed by the stores, so check early that an app can give you your data in a usable file, such as a CSV or a report, before you build months of history in it.

Think of it as checking where the fire exits are when you check into a hotel. You hope you never need them, and you are very glad you looked.

Why check this before you start, not when you leave?

Three months into treatment, your log may hold a dozen shots, sixty weigh-ins, side-effect notes and progress photos. That is valuable for you and for your prescriber. It is also exactly the kind of data you might want back if you switch apps, change phones, or simply want a fresh start.

The worst time to discover there is no export button is the day you want to leave.

Part 1: The export check

Do this in your first week, with a few entries logged.

Check	What good looks like
Can you find it?	A clear menu item, not a support ticket
Format	Something you can open elsewhere: CSV or a spreadsheet for raw data; PDF for a readable summary
Coverage	Doses with dates and times, injection sites, weights, symptoms, notes. Not just a chart image
Units and dates	Columns labeled with units (lb or kg) and dates you can understand
Photos	Are they included, or do you save them separately?
Privacy	Is the file created on your phone, or emailed? Where does it end up?

A screenshot of a chart is not an export. It is fine for a quick show-and-tell, but you cannot move it into another app or check the numbers behind it.

Once you have an export, store it like any other health document. Avoid shared family folders, and if you use cloud storage, check the sharing setting. In Google Drive, for instance, "Anyone with the link" means anyone on the internet who has the link can open the file without signing in. "Restricted" means only people you have added.

If you mostly need a summary for appointments, our guide to sharing a tracking report with your clinician covers what makes it useful.

Part 2: The deletion check

What should deletion actually remove?

Apple's guidance to developers says account deletion should remove the account record and the associated personal data the developer is not legally required to keep, and that offering only to "deactivate" or "disable" an account is not enough.

So look in the privacy policy or help pages for answers to:

• Does deleting the account remove every log, photo and AI-generated image?
• Is it immediate, or is there a waiting period?
• What is kept anyway, and why? Billing and legal records are a common, legitimate exception. Google requires developers who keep some data for security, fraud prevention or legal reasons to say so clearly.
• What about backups and processors? Washington's My Health My Data Act, for example, gives consumers the right to have their health data deleted, including from archived or backup systems.

Where should the delete button be?

Inside the app, usually under account settings. Apple has required in-app account deletion for apps that support account creation since June 30, 2022. Google Play additionally requires a web link where you can request deletion, so you can still do it after uninstalling.

Can you delete single entries?

Good apps let you delete one bad weigh-in, a single photo or a chat history without nuking the whole account. Try it once.

The subscription trap

Deleting the app does not cancel your subscription. Deleting your account may not either. Subscriptions bought through the App Store or Google Play are billed by Apple or Google.

• Google Play's help page says plainly: when you uninstall the app, your subscription won't cancel.
• Apple tells developers to warn people with auto-renewing subscriptions that billing continues through Apple and to ask them to cancel first.

To cancel:

• iPhone: Settings → [your name] → Subscriptions → choose the subscription → cancel.
• Android: Google Play → your subscriptions page (play.google.com/store/account/subscriptions) → choose the subscription → cancel.

For more on comparing plans before you sign up, see free trial or subscription: how to compare GLP-1 app pricing.

The right order for leaving an app

1. Export your data and save your photos.
2. Open the export and confirm it actually contains what you need.
3. Cancel any subscription through Apple or Google.
4. Disconnect Apple Health or Health Connect (see below).
5. Delete your account inside the app (or via the web link).
6. Uninstall the app.
7. Keep any confirmation email.

Don't forget the copies in Apple Health and Health Connect

If you synced weights or steps, copies may live in two places:

• In Apple Health or Health Connect. Deleting the tracker's account does not remove what it wrote there. On iPhone, Health → your picture or initials → Apps lets you change each app's access. You can also export everything from Health with Export All Health Data, which produces an XML file.
• In the app itself. Google notes that an app that has read data from Health Connect keeps its own copy, so deleting data in Health Connect may not remove it from the app. That copy goes away when the app deletes your account.

What rights do you have by law?

It depends on where you live and the company's size and reach, but examples include:

• California (CCPA): covered businesses must let you know, delete and correct personal information, and generally respond within 45 calendar days.
• UK and EU (GDPR): the UK regulator describes a right to data portability for data you provided, in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format such as CSV, XML or JSON, usually within one month.
• Washington (My Health My Data Act): a right to have consumer health data deleted, including from backups.

Even where no law applies to you, the app-store rules above still do.

How GLPily handles export and deletion

Our own setup, so you can hold us to it: you can export your data as a CSV in the app under More → Doctor report → Export CSV, and reports and exports are generated on your device. You can delete your whole account under More → Account → Delete account, which deletes your account and every log, photo and generated image immediately and permanently. You can also email support@glpily.com from your account email. Anonymized purchase records we must keep for billing and legal reasons are the stated exception. Details are in our privacy policy, and our privacy policy checklist shows what to compare across apps.

Common questions

Is a PDF report enough as an export?

For appointments, often yes. For moving data to another app or your own spreadsheet, you want raw data, such as a CSV.

If I delete my account, can I get my data back later?

Usually not. Real deletion is meant to be permanent, which is why exporting first matters.

Do I need to delete my account if I just stop using the app?

No, but an unused account still holds your data. If you are done for good, deletion is the cleaner option.

What if I can't find the delete option?

Check the account or settings screen, the app's help pages, and its Google Play listing, which should link to a deletion page. If you still cannot find it, email the developer's privacy contact and keep a copy of your request.