Unable to delete track

[ptah-be]

When I connect the GPS to my PC there is a track/activity I can see in Basecamp from before I bought the GPS. I think it's a track from the factory, because it's in Taiwan.

When I delete it through Basecamp it reappears when I reconnect the GPS. I've searched via File Explorer but can't find any .fit or .gpx files, except for the ones I made myself. I also looked on the GPS itself under tracks, activities, way points, ... but I'm unable to locate that track.

You can see the track in the screenshot. The track is from 30 June 2022, but I bought it on 24 July 2022.

Does anyone have an idea where I can find this track and delete it?

[mimichris]

I never had a trace in the new 66sr, moreover it comes from Germany Garmin Würzburg, not from Taiwan.

[scotte]

My 700i came with a "stringer" track from Taiwan also. I don't believe I had trouble deleting it though - which I also did via BaseCamp. I'll double check if it came back.

I didn't mind it - the timestamp was a convenient way to know my unit wasn't old stock.

[scotte]

OK, so I resynced to BaseCamp today, and the stringer from Taiwan came back for me as well! I suspect Explore sync is the culprit as of right now, but I'll see if I can track it down later.

[KiwiGPS]

When preparing GPS units for customers I get rid of the Taiwan track and the sample waypoints by using the Reset functions.

[ptah-be]

I can't remember if I have ever used Explore sync.

[GPSrChive]

There must be a GPX file in the GPX directory (or a subdirectory), or a FIT file in the Activities directory, with that recorded track/activity.

[scotte]

In my case it was not Explore, but a .fit file on the device. Deleting the track from within BaseCamp hides the stringer track for that session, but it only deletes the .gpx file. When I'd fire up BaseCamp again (without re-plugging the GPS receiver), the stringer track would come back.

In Garmin/Activities on the device storage I deleted the oldest .fit file which was timestamped at the first time I powered the unit up. Since removing that file it has not come back (through a full device reboot and replug into my computer).

Alternatively, you can go into "Recorded Activities" on the device and delete the oldest activity - I tried this method as well and it worked fine (I saved a copy of the .fit file so I could reproduce through different scenarios).

I think the trick is noting that the timestamp of the stringer track is not the same as the timestamp of the .fit file.

See if that does it for you, too?