Allow us to move or delete Cardio Load prompt

[BonBon7]

There is a new Activity called Cardio Load on my home page and I cannot move or delete it. I don't care about it. I want to see my Steps on the top of the list and now I can't see them because of this new Activity and the size of my iPhone mini. This is ridiculous.

Moderator Edit: Clarified subject

[desertcat]

I am sick of having new features that I don't want, constantly forced on me by Fitbit. I've been using Fitbit for 15 years and I wish it would go back in the direction of what it was originally, something lightweight on my ankle that gave me basic stats. Cardio Load and Daily Readiness don't seem accurate at all and I didn't ask for them and I don't want them. I am chronically ill and I use this device to warn me to do LESS, so I don't crash. Refocus your efforts on improving the accuracy of the HARDWARE features, and better material design, instead of making weird and unnecessary new app features and designs. Something that would actually be useful is the device doing a better job of letting me see my current heartbeat, and being able to check my oxygen anytime.

[AFrye13]

Agreed. It's incredibly frustrating.

[Adr1an2025]

Very similar experience. For me this appears not only every time I open the app but also whenever I sync it. It generally takes multiple attempts to close it too. 

[mi6ica]

These suggestions are quite annoying and ridiculous. I don't need to be advised when to move, as I do it when I have time, not when the app tells me.

Today I went for a walk and after that I keep receiving message that I push myself too hard and need light activities as walking or cycling. Hmmm, I just went for a walk, but apparently it's pushing myself too hard so I need to walk! Where is any logics in that?

It seems like these suggestions either shame me that I don't move enough, or that I move too much. It's really annoying. I really hope that they will disappear soon.

[Queenbgina]

Please make this annoying message stop.  Every day I have to see this with no way of removing it for good.  This shaming when it doesn’t take into account sickness, rest days, or when the air quality is toxic and unhealthy to exercise in from the fires in LA.  
I can self motivate when I need to. 

[darkpriestess]

Agreed. I use a Fitbit to monitor my activity and make sure I don't do too much, as that would make me crash. Seeing these notifications when I open the app is demoralising. 

[sadietowns]

literally made an account just so i can comment on this thread and please beg to remove the ridiculous cardio load notifications. 

I train really hard most days and do not need to see the words ‘risk of under training’ when I open the app. 

[WalkinPotter]

It has been weeks of waiting for this dumb shaming message to go away. I'm not sure which engineer wrote it but idk, maybe have a UX researcher involved before designing a new intrusive pop up that no one asked for. Or let us shut it off. We're going on like a month of this, and it's the first thing that's made me want to quit Fitbit. You cannot turn this feature off. The x doesn't work. 

[Sabinesdj]

Totaly agree with this all the time I get the pop up which I don’t want to see. There is no way of removing it from my screen I hope they will do anything about this

[Tietyen]

Seems like AI is writing the prompts. Perhaps some human could stop them? Hello Fitbit? Anybody there?

[ochthera]

Agreed! Please give us an option to remove the cardio load and especially the prompts. The prompts are very condescending and they feel demotivating. The prompts are very negatively worded and usually scold me no matter my activity for the day, and they can't be adjusted to fit my plans or daily routine. If I'm ill or for other reasons can't work out I'm being scolded. If I need to to do hard physical work (can't just ignore a meter of snow blocking the road to my house), I'm also being scolded. If a choice to turn off the prompts isn't added, I'm tempted to stop using my fitbit altogether. 

[mbY]

Agree with all those saying remove this target goal waste of space. When I occasionally read it (rather than immediately closing message) it is not even very accurate based on recent activities! I already turned off "cadioload" option as it was always on top and was basically meaningless to me. 

[Red-Fraggle]

I had to come back to this thread to say that I removed my Fitbit maybe a week ago. I only popped it back on once for the alarm vibration function (I prefer it to my alarm clock).  I must say that it’s rather liberating and I’m listening to my body more.  

For those saying that we should go to social media, when I looked on X , people were just getting told to comment here.  

[MissChissy]

Agree! I am active and have a routine that feels right for me and works well with consideration for other life factors. I don't need this prompt every time I log into the app. It is so off base and is unnecessarily creating a negative space. Allow us to choose please!

[KittyMom1074]

I chatted with the help desk and they told me I couldn't disable this "feature". I have been struggling with low energy due to my thyroid and the app shaming me because I simply don't have the energy to workout. There should be an option to get rid of this message permanently. My Fitbit is near the end of it's life and this WILL impact whether I buy another Fitbit. 

[Kirjava]

Just adding my voice to agree with this suggestion - and to thank the person who first posted it. This prompt appears whenever I open my app and whenever I return to or refresh the home screen. It blocks the information that I want to see and - as an autistic person - is causing me considerable distress. This is exasperated further by the unreliability of the delete icon. Please can an option to remove this prompt by added for users who don't like or want it. Or, at the very least, could the app at least remember when a user dismisses it and not keep bombarding them with it continually within the same session. Many thanks.

[AFrye13]

I simply stopped logging into my Fitbit app because of this nonsense.

[meldel0922]

Totally agree! So distracting! I keep hitting the X but everytime I sync it just keeps coming back, covering up the rest of my tiles so I can't see them at a glance now without having to scroll past this notification/prompt.  I have cardio load turned off and tried deleting all my cardio load data (as per Google searches), but it still returns. Please make it go away!

[Belljarred]

Dear Fitbit your cadioload banner is so so so annoying. I do a gentle bike ride into work in the morning and it’s telling me I need to stop because the cardio load is too much. Absolutely not! 

[LCot17]

I just want to add my request to be able to permanently disable this stupid “Ready to hit your target” pop up. As someone who has worked hard to improve my relationship with my body it is REALLY unhelpful to have that pop up every day. And frankly it doesn’t feel accurate. So please allow us to remove it.

[maxread]

Agreed. Annoying, condescending, shaming, and an Apple watch is looking much more attractive. Why can’t we turn off that stupid, irritating, uninformed “feature”?

[TomatoLady]

This cardio load is for serious atheletes. I do not want physical damage to my heart. I walk 10k a day and in my 70s. That is enough. The app does not know my medical issues. 

[Fastfred1959]

I was told yesterday that they are working on a fix.

[SP300]

It really is the most ridiculous feature. It's not even internally consistent with their own software. This morning my FitBit told me to "take it easy" because it said I was overtraining, and at the same time, it said my readiness was "high." Go figure.

[LizzyFitbit]

Hi @tankboy. Thank you for your product feedback about being able to remove the Cardio Load prompt from the Fitbit app with us! We've found a similar request and merged yours with it. You can find it here. Please vote on the existing thread to help us track interest. To learn more about how Fitbit decides what product feedback is developed, visit our FAQs.