How to export your data from Strava

easy Wait: a few hours, up to ten days for a large account

Strava is required to give you a copy of the data it holds about you, including health data and location history. The request itself is free, and arrives as .zip containing CSV plus your original activity files. Typical wait: a few hours, up to ten days for a large account.

Strava account page

Step by step

  1. Switch your account language to English first

    The CSV column headers are written in your account language, and almost every tool that reads them expects English.

  2. Open Settings, then My Account

    Download or Delete Your Account, then Request your archive. Do not continue past that into deletion.

  3. Request the archive

    You will get an email when it is ready.

  4. Wait

    A few hours is typical. A decade of activities can take up to ten days.

  5. Open activities.csv first

    It is the index. Each row points at the original file you uploaded, in whatever format you uploaded it.

Worth knowing

Your activity files come back exactly as they went in, so one folder can hold .fit, .gpx and .tcx files and gzipped versions of all three.
Activities entered by hand have no file at all and an empty filename column.
The archive contains your photos and private notes as well as the tracks.

Common questions

How do I download all my Strava activities at once?

Request the bulk archive from Settings, My Account, Download or Delete Your Account. It contains every activity file in its original format plus an index CSV.

Why are the columns in my Strava export in Norwegian?

Strava writes the CSV headers in whatever language your account is set to. Switch to English before requesting if you plan to use any tool on it.

What format are Strava activity files in?

Whatever you uploaded. A single archive commonly contains .fit, .gpx and .tcx files, some of them gzipped, side by side.

What Muletto does with this export

Once your download arrives, open it in Muletto. The file is read in your browser, on your own machine - nothing is uploaded. You get a breakdown of what is inside, duplicate detection, and a browsable view of your photos, messages, timeline and records.

Open your export