Deleting Your Data from iCloud

When iCloud Sync is on, your swings, sessions, and videos are stored in your own iCloud account so they stay in step across your devices. If you later turn Sync off, that copy is still sitting in iCloud — taking up your storage quota — until you remove it. Delete Data from iCloud is the clean way to reclaim that space.

The most important thing to understand up front: this is about your iCloud storage, not the swings on your device. Deleting from iCloud leaves every session, swing, and video right where it is on this device — the app keeps working exactly as before.

What does "Delete Data from iCloud" do?

It removes everything MotionEdge has stored in your iCloud account:

• Your sessions, swings, video files, and comments
• Any shared sessions you created — anyone you shared one with loses access immediately
• MotionEdge's record of past syncs (so if you ever turn Sync back on, it starts fresh)

That frees up the iCloud storage those videos were using.

It does not touch:

• Your data on this device — every swing, video, and measurement stays local, and the app runs normally
• Sessions other people shared with you — those live in their iCloud, not yours, so they're not yours to delete
• Your other devices — only this device drives the delete

When would I use it?

• You're done with MotionEdge for now and want your iCloud space back
• Your iCloud storage is full and you want to clear out old swing videos
• You're changing how you sync (e.g., starting over) and want a clean slate

How do I delete from inside the app?

1. Go to Settings → iCloud Sync and turn Sync with iCloud off.
2. An iCloud Data section appears with a red Delete Data from iCloud button. (It only shows when Sync is off — see the device note below for why.)
3. Tap Delete Data from iCloud. A confirmation sheet shows what will stay on the device (e.g. "3 sessions, 5 swings, 9 videos will remain on this device") and a few warnings.
4. Type DELETE in the field to confirm — this is the standard safeguard for an action you can't undo — then tap Delete from iCloud.
5. A progress sheet runs through its phases (listing your iCloud data → deleting it → clearing the local sync state → done). Tap Done when it finishes.

That's it — your iCloud storage is reclaimed, and your device's library is untouched.

How do I delete if the app is uninstalled (Apple's Settings)?

Apple gives you a system-level way to remove an app's iCloud data without the app at all. This produces the same result and is the right path if you've uninstalled MotionEdge, can't open it, or just want to confirm the data is gone at the system level:

• iPhone / iPad: Settings → [your name / Apple Account] → iCloud → Manage Account Storage → MotionEdge → Delete Documents and Data
• Mac: System Settings → [your name / Apple Account] → iCloud → Manage (next to Storage) → MotionEdge → Delete Documents and Data
• iCloud.com: Account Settings → Storage → MotionEdge → Delete

The in-app button is friendlier when you can open the app — it shows progress, spells out the multi-device caveat, and tidies up the local sync state — but Apple's path is always available as the stronger fallback.

Important: turn off Sync on every device first

The in-app button only appears once Sync with iCloud is off on this device. But there's a catch worth understanding:

If any other device on the same Apple Account still has Sync with iCloud on, it will notice the iCloud data has vanished, assume it's a fresh empty account, and re-upload its own copy — effectively undoing your delete.

So for a delete to truly stick, turn Sync off on every device signed into that Apple Account before you delete. This is by design: a device with Sync on is saying "I want to be in iCloud," so it behaves that way.

What happens if I re-enable Sync later?

Turning Sync with iCloud back on — on this device or any other — behaves just like enabling it for the first time:

1. MotionEdge sees there's no iCloud data yet but you have a local library.
2. It queues your whole current library — sessions, swings, videos, comments — and uploads it.
3. iCloud is repopulated from that device's local data, and any other devices with Sync on pull it down.

Video uploads take the usual amount of time — possibly several minutes for a large library. Net effect: your data goes back to iCloud as if for the first time. If you don't want it back in iCloud, simply leave Sync off.

How is this different from turning off Sync, or uninstalling?

The first two rows are the ones people mix up: turning off Sync stops the syncing but leaves your iCloud copy in place; Delete Data from iCloud is what actually frees the storage.

Troubleshooting

"I deleted my iCloud data, but it came back." Another device on your Apple Account still had Sync with iCloud on and re-uploaded its copy. Turn Sync off on every device, then delete again.

"I uninstalled MotionEdge and want to free up the iCloud space." Use Apple's system-level path: Settings → your Apple Account → iCloud → Manage Account Storage → MotionEdge → Delete Documents and Data (or the Mac / iCloud.com equivalents above).

"Will this delete the swings on my phone?" No. Delete Data from iCloud never removes anything from this device — only the copy in iCloud. To remove swings from the device, use the Recycle Bin.

See also: iCloud Sync — How It Works for what syncs and how to enable it. Optimize Local Storage for freeing space without deleting from iCloud. Recycle Bin & Data Deletion for removing swings from your device.