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new Strava Privacy Zone Map Changes – Quite Nice

26 August 2021
the5krunner

new Strava Privacy Zone Map Changes

I just noticed this today. Once you have uploaded your workouts to Strava, the map view now shades in the part of your route that will be hidden, ie as determined by your privacy zone setting. Check it out on some of your runs — it’s cool to see how the randomisation element of Strava’s calculation varies from one image to the next.

What’s New – Edit Map Visibility (mobile + web, free for all athletes)

Athletes will be able to control the visibility of their map. Controls can be applied as default settings (to all activity uploads) or applied to individual activities — hiding up to 1 mile at either the start or end of the activity OR completely hiding the map altogether.

Athletes will have 3 ways in which they can hide their location in their privacy controls under ‘additional controls’, which will apply to all activities:

  • Hide up to 1 mile from the start/end at a specific location (current functionality) – Hiding address applies to all activities, past/future
  • Hide up to 1 mile from the start/end, no matter where they are (NEW!) – Only applies to future uploads
  • Hide map completely for all activities (NEW!) – Only applies to future uploads. It will also be hidden from Global Heatmap and not visible anywhere on Strava

To give confidence that their choices have been implemented, athletes will be able to see what is hidden on their maps when viewing their own activities (NEW!). Parts of the activity that are shown to just you (eg start and endpoints) will be grey, and what is shown to others will be orange.

  • Access on mobile via […] in the top right corner when viewing activity.
  • Access on the web via the pencil icon on the left side of the screen when viewing activity.

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Last Updated on 28 May 2026 by the5krunner

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