How to delete Fitbit app notifications

[mallan02]

How does a person delete old notifications from the app? I have notifications going all the way back to March when I first got my Fitbit. There seems to be no way.

Moderator edit: Updated subject for clarity

[ANGELA3]

There is no way I’ll consider their premium package if they can’t  fix this simple problem!!!

[lindylou1]

I managed to get rid of them by swiping to the right it then said delete

[lindylou1]

Hold onto each each message or notification then delete

[fournelm]

Appears they finally fixed it with the latest update. 

[Luke27]

Nope, not on my phone.

When I swipe right, the screen switches from Notifications to Messages.

Luke27

[DesertSong]

When I wipe right it goes back to messages. Not fixed on my app.

[DesertSong]

Hold down the three dots and it will give you an option to delete. At least on my phone it did.

[ljmason]

Thank you!Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone

[Luke27]

Not on my phone (Android). When I hold down the 3 dots, item is
highlighted, but no options are available.

Luke27

[mr_coffee]

In my iphone it looks like you need to swipe LEFT, not right... to have the
ability to delete, if you haven't tried both directions yet in your new
version, do try that. And hooray for finally completing the feature for at
least one device, Fitbit!

[ANGELA3]

Thanks! 
the latest version of the software finally allows us to delete! 

[lindylou1]

Try holding your finger on the notification it should then allow you to delete it works on my Samsung s9

[lindylou1]

Try holding the message etc then delete

[Awshucks]

Same here. I have notifications going back to 2017. I have had 2 different Fitbit in that time. They won't drop off.

[n1njade]

IT'S 2021

I STILL HAVE ORPHANED NOTIFICATIONS FROM 2017/2018

PLEASE FitBit Devs... Do something. We have asked for a long time and many of us still have this problem. 

Those of us who are complaining about THREE+ YEAR OLD NOTIFICATIONS are literally your most loyal users. We're still here. Have been for years.

Do us a solid and fix this. Please.

 

[kimaerin]

Hey Jade - I had the same problem as you!  I have been a Fitbit user since 2012!  I'm on my 4th tracker/smartwatch.  My previous Fitbit was a Charge 2, and for the life of me, I could NOT get rid of notifications and message way back to 2017 and I was one of the first to complain.  I got a Versa 3 for Christmas, and there's been a couple of updates.  When I went into Notifications to see if there STILL was any way to get rid of the 93 notifications - well, beside each notification on the left hand side was a circle with 3 dots.  I clicked on that, and lo and behold, the option to delete was there.  And I went through them all and GONE!  WOOHOOO.....also, I noticed I had a couple of new messages, well, as someone else pointed out, you can swipe the item left or right - not sure - and it will delete it.  Maybe uninstall and reinstall your Fitbit, or simple check for updates, and this could help.  It IS possible now, but I'm not sure which tracker you have - if it's older and if that is even the issue - perhaps not as upgrades should be consistent because it's the APP, not the tracker.  Anyhow, good luck, keep the faith - you can do it!  Let me know if it works, eh? (yep, I'm in Canada)

[n1njade]

Thank you! The three dots does now bring up a DELETE option.

However, FitBit... 2 or more notifications per day for about 18 months... That's an insane number of clicks.

I really need FitBit to just purge 2+ year old notifications or at least allow me to select a bunch then delete. 

Doing it this way will make me insanely angry lol

 

 

 

[kimaerin]

Oh I KNOW - it's a LOT of clicks - BUT, guess what - THEY'LL ALL BE GONE forever!!!!  It'll make you so happy.  Just put something mindless on a screen and watch while you do it.  You'll be done in no time:)

[n1njade]

Update...

On the Android app for a Samsung Galaxy, the app crashes after ~12 deletions. 

• Requires a forced app stop.
• After a few of those, you'll likely have to reboot.
• I have not tested clearing app/db cache. Only restarts and reboots.

TIP

Deleting items in order seems to slow down the crash frequency.

[kimaerin]

Hi n1njade!  OMG - so I was able to delete all my notifications all the way back to 2017!  ORIGINALLY. I don't know if you discovered this yesterday, but I sure did.  Fitbit App was down - server issue yesterday morning.  It was NOT good; read it in my google newsfeed. Once I shut my phone down - I use a Samsung Android phone as well - and restarted it, my Fitbit app was back.  However, along with my app being back - all my Freaking notifications were back as well - from 2017!  OMFG!  I have started to delete my notifications again.....but after that server issue, I'm not sure if I'm the only one that suffered from the reappearance of all my DELETED notifications.  I did not suffer any crashes after 12 deletions.  I just keep plugging away one by one, and I know they will be all gone again.  Jeesh.  Fitbit get your sh*t together!  Please.