Health Connect

Android's built-in hub that stores health and fitness data on the phone and controls which apps can share it. You can disable it, with a caveat: read what stops working first.

What it does

Health Connect is part of the Android Health Mainline module, built into Android 14 and later and offered as a separate app on older versions. It keeps health and fitness records such as steps, sleep, heart rate and workouts in one store on the phone and lets you decide which apps may read or write each type. You reach it from Settings, and fitness apps call it when they sync.

If you disable it

Fitness and health apps can no longer share data through Health Connect, and its screens in Settings stop opening. Data already stored stays on the phone.

How to disable it

On most phones Settings greys out Disable for this package, so ADB is the way to turn it off. The commands below work without root and can be undone.

adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.google.android.healthconnect.controller

adb shell pm enable com.google.android.healthconnect.controller

The stronger option removes it for your user only; the original copy stays on the phone and a factory reset brings it back. Prefer disabling: it is easier to undo.

adb shell pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.google.android.healthconnect.controller

adb shell cmd package install-existing com.google.android.healthconnect.controller

New to ADB? Set it up in about ten minutes.

Data and battery

Stores health and fitness data on the device and shares it only with apps you grant access.

Where it appears

• Made by Google LLC.
• Android versions: 14 and later as a built-in module.