Where Does Garmin Connect Store Activities?
Garmin Connect syncs between watch, cloud and phone with the phone as Bluetooth cache. Export FIT and GPX from the web, originals from the device.
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Garmin runs a triangle: watch records, cloud archives, phone relays. The Connect app shuttles over Bluetooth with cache nobody documents as files. Originals live in two honest places, the device folders over USB and the website export.
Courses and activities sit under GARMIN paths on the hardware itself, which beats every phone path for reliability. Bulk history flows through the profile portability request. The phone sandbox below is quoted for completeness with no activity files promised inside.
Where Garmin Connect stores this, by platform
/data/data/com.garmin.android.apps.connectmobile
Private sandbox for the verified Garmin package holding Bluetooth relay cache with no documented activity files. Export per-activity FIT from the website or bulk through profile portability. Device USB folders are the true originals.
/var/mobile/Containers/Data/Application/<guid>/Documents
Sandboxed container for App Store ID 583446403 with the same relay model. Courses transfer to the watch rather than persisting as phone files. No Files.app path for activities.
Frequently asked questions
How do I download Garmin activities as FIT files?
Open the activity on the Connect website, use the gear menu, and export the zipped FIT original, GPX or TCX. Bulk history comes through the Garmin profile data-management export as a portability zip taking days. Phone folders hold no documented equivalents.
Where are courses stored for my Garmin watch?
Plug the watch in over USB or MTP and browse GARMIN Courses and GARMIN Activities on the device itself. Those folders are the true originals. The phone app only relays them over Bluetooth with cache that vendors never document as files.
Does the Garmin phone app keep my activities?
It caches and relays. The verified package names the Android sandbox while the cloud plus the watch hold truth. CSV list exports omit the file bodies, so use per-activity or portability exports for real data.
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