Garmin EDGE: Removing the Top 10 UNUSED Features & NAG Screens

[@peterlip8]

Thanks Shane. As someone in their 50’s, and my vision is getting longer, little popups are practically impossible to read, so happy to remove things that aren’t important. Great stuff.

[@niko__laus]

Removing Virtual Partner? I'm all in for it! Release that video now! 😮

[@gplama]

Garmin will have to release the feature first! There has to be a reason they haven't done this yet.

[@frankrussi]

@@gplama I want to get rid of golf and trolling motor in my watch. Please release that video too!!

[@johnlockwood367]

My Virtual Partner refuses to ride with me anymore. I'm too slow.

[@firsthippy]

I've lost count of the times I've requested this. I presume it's part of how they calculate routes or something and so embedded into normal function they can't. My old 800 though, you could turn it off per-course! #progress

[@sklegg]

@@johnlockwood367my virtual partner refuses to stop for traffic lights yet has miraculously survived many dangerous intersections.

[@JungleJim001]

Never knew about the shortcut for Activity Profile settings by long pressing the profile bar on the home screen! Another useful shortcut when you are deep inside the menus is to press and hold the back arrow, it will return you to the home screen instead of one level up!

[@davidmclaughlin5431]

Would love to disable virtual partner!

[@BikesBlades]

don't get me started on that

[@madrx2]

Just picked up a 1050 and this was immensely helpful. Watching your videos makes me realize how much I miss Ballarat. I lived there from 1996-2002. It still lives in my mind. I wonder how it compares these days 20+ Years later? I used to live on Drummond St North!

[@shepshape2585]

Definitely one of your more helpful videos. I hated having to navigate through hydration and calories screens after every ride, only then to have Garmin tell me I needed 67 hours of recovery after a 2 hour endurance paced ride. All gone and thank you.

[@davidpancerz5820]

Yes! The ability to jettison the suggested workout and Rest Day nag. Love these types of videos. Thank you Shane! 🙂

[@firsthippy]

I'd already set all these on my new 1040 Solar and then a Garmin update borked it and I had to do a factory reset so it's handy having this list of stupid hidden Garmin options to reference. Cheers!

[@PeterKooimanNL]

If I could disable virtual partner I definitely would. The virtual partner made me make wrong turns regularly, because navigation is a main purpose for me. I know someone who doesn't use his Edge because of the confusion the virtual partner brings. During my last trip in France I didn't change any notifications on my brand new Edge 1040. When descending the col de Portet d'Aspet I missed the turn towards the col de Menté. The route warning was drowned in the sharp turn warnings, and the Edge automatically rerouted my route. My old Edge 1030 makes me turn around on every part of the road. The Edge 1040 made me complete the entire descent, and then let me turn around at the first intersection, which was 5 kilometer away, and 200 meter lower, which I all had to ride back on a ride that was already strenuous. The Edge 1040 probably assumes I am driving a truck with a trailer instead of a bicycle. I still don't know how to fix that weird rerouting, I turned off automatic rerouting though.

[@BikesBlades]

8:22 I feel validated. I have been a sunrise/sunset data-field weirdo for years. It really is one of the most useful pieces of information to have on your Edge.

[@Bazza1968]

Excellent video Shane! So glad I can get that "Unproductive" nonsense from popping up after a workout I didn't think was, so negative and demoralising, good riddance! (I've disabled pretty much all the rest as the last thing when your near vision is crap (with age!), is bleeps and warnings over utter garbage when your eyes should be on the road/trail!)

[@justsomedude7556]

Fantastic video, I always think to myself when riding.... jeez, I need to shut that off when it pops up... but never do it once I get off the bike. Just took care of the various one, especially the training stuff.

[@paulflory3532]

My vote for the nuttiest Garmin Edge Feature goes to "Garmin Coach". If I were still training seriously (i.e., for racing), I would NEVER rely on some faceless computer feature designed by who? with what goals in mind? using what strategies to achieve those goals? I spent 15 years competing in sculling, and relied on 2 actual human coaches: one for technique and one for fitness (because the technique one wasn't expert in that). People I believed in, they were invaluable in so many ways, I was happy to pay for sessions, a training program, testing, and advice. Also did some coaching myself (at a lower level) and ironically learned a lot from that.

[@legestrom]

I actually started to like the 5 mile auto lap on the stock units after I warrantied mine. Also the recovery is fun to see after a hard group ride to show “3 days”. My signal for a beer.

[@philcrowphoto1]

Great Video!....FYI, 8.05km is 5 miles, so an option probably for us in the UK and the US 🤷🏻‍♂

[@winfried6579]

You can kind-of disable the virtual partner by setting its speed to 1 km/h in Garmin Connect. But this is a per course setting so have to set it for all your courses.

[@BikesBlades]

and sadly, there's no easy way to set average speed on routes generated outside Garmin Connect (e.g. Strava, RWGPS, etc)

[@ozgurinsan]

Just what i needed. I was looking for how to disable nutrition/hyrdration at the end of the ride.

[@SMarkGee]

yes! It would also be great to get rid of much of the stuff in the menus that we never use. I've used Edges for almost 10 years and still can't always easily find what I'm looking for. I do like the recovery time but, as you say, some of us will want these features, others not.

[@bubby372]

Great timing for this video. Went for my first ride with a new 1050 yesterday and was annoyed by the "Lap" screen. Not any more. Thanks.

[@peterlip8]

Funny that different people like different stuff. I have the auto lap set to 2km, which reminds me to take a sip of water. Also like to check my progress, that I can maintain a 4min, 2km split. Keeps me motivated.

[@deDANIEL11609]

@@peterlip8 why dont you just setup drink reminder for 10 mins?

[@peterlip8]

@@deDANIEL11609 Because as I mentioned, as well as the drink reminder, checking the time for every 2km split keeps me aware of progress, effort, etc. Yes, I also have power & HR to do that. I think too many stats is never enough. Some love to only have the time of day on their device, because they don't want distractions for their ride. I live for stats, so things like 2km splits is just another stat that keeps me motivated. Like I mentioned in my original reply, different riders get different things out of their devices. This is why a highly customisable devices like the Edge is great so that all riders, regardless of what they find important, can get what they want from the device. I rarely ride in packs, so my stat obsession keeps my mind active, and concentrating on what I'm trying to acheive for that particular ride.

[@kes_____]

Thanks for the great tips! Video suggestion about one thing that’s been bothering me: whenever I go off route, even just a little, these persistent buttons pop up, taking over like half the screen - pause route and reroute. They don’t go away until I press one or the other. It’s not a huge deal on the road, but on the trail, it’s definitely more than a nag. I’m using the 840

[@BetterShifting]

Very nice! I'll have to go through this tonight :). The sharp bend warning I can definitely do without!

[@grogangreen]

My edge 530 can't do climb pro 'live' unless it's a pre loaded course BUT can do live sharp bends.....Garmin show us older unit owners who are loyal to your brand but cant afford to upgrade as often as some a little love, its a software upgrade not hardware.

[@tbone-ip5fi]

@@grogangreen Good observation. Same on 830.

[@SJ-tk4ri]

@@grogangreen- I think it’s a data storage limitation with the X30 units; the maps required to power the ClimbPro “live” feature are massive (several gb) data files.

[@mrgoman]

I HATE virtual partner and want it gone!

[@DrRusty5]

Yes, it is beyond unhelpful.

[@michaellyons9524]

I was just about to say the same.

[@fallingrock0]

Oh man, I would love to get rid of that.

[@UloPe]

So much, such a passive aggressive feature

[@CycleXplorer]

'Virtual partner has finished' fu@k off!!! I think you can change its speed to make it really slow 😂

[@dominicbritt]

Finger on the pulse as usual Shane - I’ve just moved back to Garmin 1040 from a Karoo 2 and have been dismayed how little progress Garmin have made since I left - good battery and screen though… The beeps and pop ups have been driving me round the bend…

[@mrcycling7007]

You are like our angel 😇 always looking after us! Thank you so much for this video. So helpful! 🙏🏻

[@ebmike8]

Great video! I had upgraded from an 830 to a 1050 last month. This video saved me a lot of time and effort! Thanks!

[@fabianmolyneux2308]

Thank you heaps. Up until this vid I thought the “Lap Banner” couldn’t be switched off. I’ve found that “nanny nag” really annoying as it pops up at really inconvenient times taking up a fair chunk of the screen and for some time too.

[@olishobbyscene1643]

thx for the video. Did adjust my 840 in parallel where I thought it makes sense to my usage profile

[@Raymond-Farts]

Thanks Shane. Some of this tech does really get to be annoying and you pointing out how to work this stuff makes my life better.

[@alistairmacfadyen9365]

Love you videos Shane, so knowledgeable. Many thanks

[@bathsalts1st]

Very good video Shane as allways.

[@jimpeyton1459]

Warning notifications are great if they occur BEFORE the condition occurs. Same with climbing notifications...I've been getting climb pro notificaions well into most ascents even on routes i ride regularly. Still waiting on Garmin's reply on notification tones, which are intermittent and very faint. Even indoor training workout transitions are difficult to hear when compared to my Wahoo Elemnt Roam 2. Thanks as always Shane 🚴‍♂️🦘🚴‍♂️

[@philipp-christopherdeeke2210]

Virtual Partner needs to go the way of the Dodo! Could you make a video about all the navigation / routing settings? Some of them confuse me 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@vincem5]

I turned Tones off then I didn't notice all the other alerts. but I think I will have to go thru the Garmin with the aid of this vid :) great work,

[@ASTANELAND]

Just made most of your suggested changes to my 1040. I am interested in getting rid of virtual partner as well. Setting up gears on Garmin from SRAM Rival AXS would be of interest.

[@joob38]

so useful instructions, thanks a lot

[@paulflory3532]

Garmin has gone nuts on features and made the system so complex they can't manage it. The MyBikeRadarTreffic special data field has defaulted to a small thin font due some obscure screwup in the new firmware, and Garmin has been fumbling with it for weeks. So I can't read the numbers when headed into the morning sun (the other numbers in the data screen are easily legible in this situation because they are bigger and thicker). Actual speed of traffic approaching from behind is far far more important to me than all the weird features in this video.

[@hjbpsi]

excellent tutorial!

[@mvp_kryptonite]

Loool, I like what you did there Shane! Save the best for another video! For me absolutely the feature I need to turn off

[@trelosenario]

Thank you. This video is highly appreciated. 😊

[@gplama]

Glad it was helpful!

[@appala]

Garmin cycling should read these comments. When they implement these changes, that new version will live on for every in every cyclist’s heart 😀

[@alexclark9514]

Do a video of the Garmin explore 2. Setup out of the boxs. How to connect to Komoot. I enjoy the video

[@SonnyDarvish]

Riding downhill at 70 km/h and Garmin warning me of a sharp turn to be overlayed by a reminder to eat that banana 🍌 is peak Edge. Garmin really needs to put some smartness on when to show these screens and overlays. The new Hazard warnings overlay the compass 🧭 marker and I couldn't get rid of it while riding, had to fully stop and use iPhone maps for navigation.

[@UloPe]

Haha yeah those layers of notifications are hilarious. Just the other day I had a three deep stack (firmware update, sensor firmware update, power meter calibration) all the while I was trying to get a route to sync 🤯 If wahoo ever releases something with proper non-laggy navigation I’ll order first day and be glad to see the back of the Edge.

[@Jerzj]

If those notifications would be customizable... or at least take max 20% of screen. Happens to me every time I need to look at the map or check power during interval

[@lukeduke1212]

Yes please make Garmin remove VP also for the 1030+.

[@yorkbrick]

Thanks GP Lama, great video. Can you please make a video fixing problems with wifi syncing issues with 1040 units?

[@gplama]

There's no known 'fix' that I'm aware of. Only a series of things to try such as firmware updates, factory reset, delete then add your WiFi network again, etc.

[@hankschiffman1587]

Thank you, thank you, thank you!

[@DuckRideDuck]

Great tips, thanks Shane

[@michaelromack3490]

Thank you! Very helpful video.

[@cmarnold78]

One of the most useful videos you have done! :) (all are useful but this particularly :) )

[@Artur.Chmielewski]

@Shane Miller since a few firmware versions v24 (E1040S) despite the switch on the unit and the same on the mobile GC - there is no ‘Training Effect’ notification after the activity. A post on the garmin forum went unanswered :D Another error on the other hand is related to the mobile ‘GarminConnect’ starting from v5.4 and ending with v5.5. The error is that there is no notification of any completed activity, neither from the watch nor from the Edg. This is a ‘GC’ related issue as snapshot notifications work fine. I did a roolback of the ‘GC’ app to version 5.3 and ...all notifications (activities, snapshots) work correctly. Ehhh, all garmin ;)

[@_J.F_]

You have got some fantastic quality roads and cycle paths. Makes the UK look like an undeveloped country in comparison. Anyway. Am I right in thinking that when you upgrade from one Garmin computer to another Garmin computer, it will ask you if you want to transfer your customised settings from the old unit to the new unit? I seem to remember that being the case making a lot of these settings a one-time requirement.

[@robertdevito6788]

This video is super helpful! Any way to disable the new PR (distance, elevation gain, etc)? My 1050 tell be a hit a new PR each day regardless of the distance..

[@briantalbert]

Very helpful. Noticed that you do not have a "Last Ride" glance on your home screen. It consumes a good 1/3 of the real estate and I cannot find where you can disable this or move its position. Any insights, how did you remove it?

[@OlaCurtius]

I want that climb alert that take up the entire screen gone or changed to a small banner

[@sandgroper1970]

I have an older Garmin 800 series Edge, and the lap default at 1 km, so a ride would be endless notifications, so I changed it in settings to 50 km's per lap, which covers about 99% of my rides so I wouldn't really get lap notifications

[@lolbubs11111]

Thanks for reminding me / informing me I could remove Performance Condition alerts and adjust the "Glances" on the homescreen to remove the useless suggested workout and garmin coaching. Is there a good way to remove the new road hazard popovers?

[@gplama]

Remove those under alerts and prompts - but it’ll remove all of them from alerting. It’d be better to have more granular control of which hazards are alerted.

[@guzz95]

Thank You 👊!

[@WowRixter]

Less is more 👍🏻. The old weather warning about severe wind (or something like that) was so annoying. One feature I had ONCE and never again was after I completed a favorite segment and it compared my time to a Recent PB. Wow I wish I could trigger that again

[@jasperblei5667]

Isn't the 8.05 km not related to the 5 mile notification (probably used in the US)? 5 miles is 8.05 km

[@gplama]

Correct!

[@AntoineVuille]

Thanks Shane! Has anyone figured out how to remove the daily suggested workout layer on the Home Screen?

[@jimkarthauser]

I quite like virtual partner to be honest, as it gives an indication if I am ahead or behind the ETA displayed on the device. At least I think that’s how it works.

[@stuarto2705]

Great video. Any idea about how to stop the 'climbpro' screen taking over? I hate it when I'm trying to use maps, then climbpro pops up and I can't see the map anymore! Happy to have the feature run in the background, but it's so annoying when you need the map, or want to see your data, but Garmin decides that the profile of the climb is more important. I've missed many turns from this annoying popup.

[@gplama]

There's an option to stop it from auto switching to ClimbPro screen. "Pop-up on Climb Approach". It's under profile -> Data Screens -> ClimbPro.

[@Csapi007]

It’s overwhelming the amount of features in the Garmins compared to the Wahoos. Not saying, I’d miss any of those and at least I don’t have to dig and turn off 10+ features on a new device.

[@thomas_bogaard]

Why Garmin, why? Why do we have a feature for 5 year olds that we can't disable? If you are serious about training you will never use Virtual Partner. If you just want to ride, it's the most annoying thing in the world, because you are just out there enjoying stuff and not worrying about how fast your Gramin thinks you need to go. And I know I can set it to 100k/h or 1 km/h and not see it. But still, this feature can take a hike (please don't make a virtual partner for hiking on my Garmin watch).

[@todahrabah1033]

Sharp bend warnings in Taiwan has been on point.

[@alessandrodallape8791]

I actually want to see everything you removed! Here in Italy autolap is disabled by default... had to find my way to turn it on (5km by default)...

[@kevwells]

Need at magpie alert ;)

[@razorree]

also hazards have to be improved, I got warnings about hazards from streets parallel to mine (100m from my position, but I won't go there and my current road doesn't take me there)

[@PerfDayToday]

Perfect. As a new 840 solar owner your channel has been invaluable. Subbed.

[@gplama]

Welcome aboard!

[@garthTurningCranks]

Virtual Partner removal. Yeah they go up the road and almost never wait. Just rubbing it in by finishing first and poof gone when I get to the finish.

[@2357kd]

Did you find a way to disable Daily suggested Workout on the Edge 1050 ? I can’t disable like you (and I) did disable that on the edge 1040. and yes a user should have the possibility to disable virtual partner . But for that user ask since the edge 800 . Think that’s must be a boss wanted feature.

[@thechrisgregory]

Thanks Shane !

[@vincentflanagan6939]

VP is as useful as teats on a bull. An annoying distraction. Please how can I disable it 😢. As well I really appreciate these helpful tips and pointers. I am about to configure 30 units for a tour group and knowing how to keep the profile screen as simple as possible is vital. Thanks.

[@waynobots]

You need to say to swipe left on the training glance to remove. I had to look up other places to find that little detail.

[@gplama]

Oh, sorry. It does a little shimmy left animation to reveal the trash icon.

[@jimkarthauser]

Awesome we can remove daily suggested workout from the Home Screen. How about the ‘Last ride’?

[@Phantom0309]

one of the 'features' i wish you could turn off is the notification of a upcoming climb when following a route

[@coryrood]

you can!

[@ClemensYoutube-v2u]

Well, i think you have to deactivate climb pro as a whole for removing the upcoming climb notification..

[@jhoff80]

I wish Garmin would let me disable the post-ride summary or at least let it auto-timeout after an hour or so. Most frequently I'm having to hit the two checkmarks to advance from that screen to home the next day before my next ride.

[@jimi_sendrix]

absolutely agree. I dont want to have to go through past ride summary screens the next day when starting a new ride

[@KoenMiseur]

I'm sometimes hate the virtual partner but it can also be usefull to see where you are going (if you are slower). By the way is there a way to change the color of the climbs on the maps, the green is not so clear and I have missed a few turns because I thought it wasn't there (because of the other green on the map)?

[@arcoulant87]

I live in the middle of the country side in France have an edge explorer 2 when it comes up sharp bend it is correct .

[@cathalkenneally1614]

I find that high traffic roads alerts pop up when I’m near a roundabout or a busy intersection or traffic junction

[@gplama]

Yeah. I had it pop up as I was crossing a 110km/h freeway.... not great timing!

[@cathalkenneally1614]

@@gplama :O

[@Timtheranger]

did i see some chirons by the side of the road there? they need to be careful.....😂

[@mudonsunday]

hey Shane, why haven't we gotten elevation profile in free ride mode? only thing I miss about my Roam V2

[@gplama]

Good question. That’s such a useful feature on the Wahoo units.

[@Nicoya]

One day I will banish the Virtual Partner back to whichever circle of hell it crawled out of.

[@infocuslearning]

I change “heads up” to “north up” navigation

[@razorree]

most annoying thing is "warning unpaved road" warning ! while i'm in a big city ! and I saw that message every 20-30 seconds ! I don't know even where those roads were.

[@kingWesternTube]

Before binning Virtual Partner, please give us a tutorial on how to use it correctly. I have never got it to work correctly but it’s probably me and not Garmin.

[@BikesBlades]

it's not you; virtual partner just sucks hard

[@manuelcalleja92]

When you are deep in a menu and want to return to your Home Screen without pressing back multiple times, just hold down the back button for a few seconds and it'll take you straight to the Home Screen.

[@kevinganbaru]

great

[@matteo.borbonese]

Brands like Garmin keep to add useless features just to justify the outrageous price of their devices. Especially when cycling, the less distraction you have from technology and from notifications/messages/phone calls etc, the more enjoyable and SAFE is the ride. Just choose a different brand/device that doesn't close you in it's ecosystem and that do not charge for "screen-attractive" features you never need or use. ...but it is quite obvious that a lot of people like to be closed in a proprietary ecosystem and spend money on well marketed brand new devices, so your advice of disabling all this features are welcomed!

[@bazcurtis178]

Will a Trainerroad outdoor workout still show up on the screen if I turn off the training plan options? Winter is coming here now. I won't need it for a while, but next summer I will have forgotten I have turn this off.

[@JamesBurrow]

Useful

[@jaylumbago559]

Please Garmin, if you are reading this, give us an option to disable the virtual partner !!!

[@jaylumbago559]

On my 1030 Plus the arrow for the virtual partner is bigger (!) than the arrow for my actual position (which is very small). So as a result, when riding behind the virtual partner, I sometimes thought, I have to turn when in reality I wasn't there yet. Very irritating.

[@dannyb8078]

Really dislike virtual partner, ability to remove that would be near the top of my list of desired software update features.

[@el3ktrik0]

The necessity of this type of video perfectly sums up the terrible UX of Garmin products. It's 2024, Garmin. You can do it better for *uck sake!

[@Michal-x6i]

Not something one could not find by himself but a good motivational video. So many times after the ride I thought that I turn something off and never did ;)

[@prajmus]

Press and hold the profile 🤯🤯

[@thijsvdn9852]

On my Edge 1050 I have this workout ready to go on my homescreen. I haven't configured any workouts, nor do I have anything setup like plans or anything. It just shows me a little box in the middle of the homescreen, with a "Base" workout. I can't find anywhere to remove this. Tried via the Connect app on my phone as well, it's driving me nuts because it's so completely useless. It's right in between "Last ride" and where a new course is shows after it's just loaded. Any ideas on how to remove this little box? Unfortunately, the option in your video is not how it's shown to me.

[@SlowLegsandaDirtyBike]

Nice! Does anyone know how to get the Garmin to stop telling you every time the Varia has a connection error?

[@BikesBlades]

this is a "safety feature" and therefore cannot be removed/defeated. You're welcome

[@scottlstone]

What I actually would like is if we can connect AirPods to the head unit so that the notification can be fed to us through any earpiece that would be very useful because from my experience it tends to annoy the other riders in the group so I have to turn the volume low. If I’m being stupid and this is a feature, please let me know.

[@gplama]

Not possible. You can pair your headphones to your phone and have Garmin Connect announce turn navigation prompts and use the Varia app for radar alerts.

[@scottlstone]

Good to know RE: Garmin Connect Navigation, I’ll look into that. As regards to the Varia, don’t you actually have to be in the app and have it displayed in your screen for those sound notifications to work?

[@adamwallace1863]

My friend keeps telling me to update my computer so I have all the extras now available. I really don't see what I need or want other than speed, cadence, HR, incline and crash reports to my partners phone. Room for power and basic navigation is a nice extra but after that... I'm good ta

[@mikebillett7935]

Is there a way to remove the power too high/power too low warning that comes up when doing a workout? I had to rearrange the screen as I had my power data in the fields at the bottom, which were then covered by the annoying warning..