How to export your Fitbit and Google Health data
Last verified November 5, 2026 · 2 min read
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- support.google.com/googlehealth/answer/14236615?hl=en — Google Account and Fitbit-login export routes, archive timing, TCX export
- support.google.com/accounts/answer/3024190?hl=en — Takeout delivery methods, frequency, file types, archive size, timing
- dev.fitbit.com/build/reference/web-api/developer-guide/application-design/ — Personal application type and intraday access
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If you sign in with a Google Account#
Google's help page "How do I export my Google Health data?" says to follow Google's instructions for downloading your Google data and to make sure Google Health is selected. Google's Accounts help for that download (Google Takeout) documents the choices you get:
- Delivery: a download link by email, or an archive added to Google Drive, Dropbox, Microsoft OneDrive or Box.
- Frequency: a one-time archive, or one created automatically every 2 months for one year.
- File type: zip or tgz.
- Archive size: a maximum you choose; if the data is larger, multiple archives are created.
- Timing: Google says the process "could take from a few minutes to a few days", and that most people get the link the same day.
If you still sign in with a Fitbit login#
The same Google Health page gives the older Fitbit route for the complete archive:
- Visit the Fitbit settings page and sign in with your Fitbit login.
- Click Data Export under the Settings menu.
- Under Export Your Account Archive, click Request Data.
- Open the email Fitbit sends and confirm the request.
- When the archive is ready, a second email links to the Data Export page; download the file.
Google says a large amount of Fitbit data "can take up to a few days" to generate, and that a Fitbit family account gets separate folders for each child account. For recent data only, the same Data Export page has "Export a selection of your Fitbit data", where you choose the time period, the data and the file format.
GPS workouts#
Google says GPS exercises export to a Training Center XML (TCX) file: in the Google Health app, open the Fitness tab, tap the activity, tap More, then Export, and share or save the file.
An API over your own account#
The Fitbit Web API has a "Personal" application type. Fitbit's developer guide says such an app "can only access the data in the developer's Fitbit account, including their intraday data", and that the intraday request form other app types need is not required. Google is retiring the Fitbit Web API in favor of the Google Health API; the dates and what changes are on the Fitbit API shutdown page and Google Health API.
The Python client this site tracks is fitbit (PyPI), described by its registry entry as "Fitbit API Wrapper."; latest release 0.3.1, published 2019-05-24 (registry read 2026-10-03), written for the Fitbit Web API.
Analyze what you get#
Takeout and the Fitbit archive are files you then have to parse. The daily-summary notebook shows the pandas steps on a generic one-row-per-day CSV; this site has not verified the column layout of either archive, so the notebook does not pretend to read one.
Frequently asked questions
How do I export Fitbit data after moving my Fitbit account to a Google Account?
Through Google's standard data download. Google's Google Health help page says that if you log in with a Google Account, you follow the instructions for downloading your Google data and make sure Google Health is selected. Google's Takeout help lists delivery by email link or to Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive or Box, as zip or tgz files.
How long does a Fitbit account archive take to generate?
Google says that with a large amount of Fitbit data it can take up to a few days, and that you can check the status in your Data Export account settings. That is for the Fitbit-login route (Data Export, Request Data); for Google Accounts, Google's Takeout help says a few minutes to a few days, with most people getting the link the same day.
Can a Fitbit Personal app read intraday data without the intraday request form?
Yes, for the developer's own account only. Fitbit's application design guide says a Personal application can only access the data in the developer's Fitbit account, including their intraday data, and that completing the Intraday Request form is not needed. Client and Server apps that want other users' intraday data must request it.
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