How to prevent the app from running in the background?

[ejain]

Is there an option to not have the app continue to run in the background (short of manually killing the app)? I disabled all the notifications, as well as the all day sync/always connected options, so I don't see any reason why the app would need to keep running...

[USAF-Larry]

@ejain, if you have notifications, All Day Sync, and Always Connected disabled disabled, the app isn't doing anything in the background so there is really no reason to stopping it - it isn't using any data during this time.  But, if you want to totally stop it, you can log out of the app or do a Force Stop until you need to re-open it.

[Colinm39]

@ejain I have turned off Background data in the Fitbit App as  precaution.

Tap on Android Settings, Apps and notifications, Fitbit and turn it off there.

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@USAF-Larry wrote:

@ejain, if you have notifications, All Day Sync, and Always Connected disabled disabled, the app isn't doing anything in the background so there is really no reason to stopping it - it isn't using any data during this time.  But, if you want to totally stop it, you can log out of the app or do a Force Stop until you need to re-open it.

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[ejain]

Specifically, what remains running in the background is the "Fitbit Sync Service". Unless I quit the app immediately after doing a successful sync...