How do I stop segments during a workout on Apple Watch?

Hi, I may have just found a workaround. I had the same problem, as you, and many others, and yesterday I probably got nine segment alerts in less than 50 feet of a run. Not sure if it works yet because I haven't used it in a real workout, but I remembered this ...

"Please for all that is holy give us the option to disable segments!," and couldn't agree more!

It's not perfect and I don't know if it will work if you're looking for exact times. I've tried it with Outdoor Walk and Outdoor Run, but not in a real workout, yet.

Go to Outdoor Walk or Run and open it.

Then hit the side button, not the crown dial. It takes you to the control screen.

Hit the water drop. It locks the screen.

To unlock the screen when you're done, hold the crown, and it will do that water ejection thing.

I won't know if it will give mile splits until tomorrow, I sure hope it does. My apologies if it doesn't work and I've wasted your time. I just remembered your post when I was trying to solve this yesterday after getting so many segment alerts that I wanted to slam my watch into the ground. It all happens because of my wet sleeve, it doesn't happen in the summertime.

Hope it helps, Tim

It is funny you mention this; the exact same thing happened to me this morning as I had a long sleeve shirt - I ended up with more than 20 segments (which I don’t need at all). Also, each time a drop of sweat lands on the watch it creates a segment - SO FREAKING RIDICULOUS!!!!

I had it with this watch - I just pull the trigger on a Garmin watch! So disappointing Apple!

I want my mile splits. I don’t want 13 segments I did not ask to track at all to pop up going up my final steep climb on my otherwise perfectly peaceful hike.

I don’t use segments I don’t want segments. I do want to mark my mile splits though. The two things being linked is a dumb foul word situation.

Yes using the water lock feature does work but you also can’t use anything else on the watch such as switches playlists or selecting a podcast without turning off the lock.

It is far from solved

I'm on 11.0.1 and it's definitely NOT fixed.

Hi! I tried these instructions and the issue remains. How come there isn’t a way to stop it all together!?! This is so upsetting! Every other workout ends up stopping because there are too many splits!! Help please !!

3x triple tap on the crown is my workaround for now. It's a mode you set in accessibility > Open the Watch app on the iPhone and go to Accessibility > Touch Accommodations · Turn on Hold Duration, set it to 1s or 2s (whatever you like). That allows me to access everything while working out using buttons, but screen touches need to be held for one second or two, which results in errorless workout tracking.

This does not work. Take the segments off the app. They are so annoying during my workouts, to the point that I am contemplating getting rid of my Apple watch. It feels like the people that made this feature don’t really work out.

Very frustrating when I wear long sleeves. The 800 dollar Ultra 2 I own starts giving me random segment splits multiple times during a run. I only want mile splits.... not a split at .1 miles, then another at 1.13 miles, then another at 2.1 miles. The only thing that really works is to lock the screen by pressing the flat button (next to the dial), then pressing the water droplet to disable the screen. At the end of my run, I press and hold the dial button until the "water is dispelled", then I can access the screen to stop the workout. Obviously, Apple does not use real people to test their watches. If they send me a new one, I will gladly test it for free, and give feedback. You can do better, Apple.

I called Apple and spoke to multiple technicians about the segment issue. They claimed it hasn't been reported by anyone which seems impossible based on this community. They said they would get back to me but never did. Do what I did and sell the watch and buy a Garmin. Unfortunately as much as apple likes to market their watches like they understand athletes, they simply do not. The watch is totally dependent on the phone as well which to me, defeats the purpose. You cannot even navigate without the phone. The segment thing is ridiculous. They should be embarrassed

I submitted a request for this feature on the Apple Watch Feedback page. I ran into the unwanted segments issue today while trying to dismiss heart rate alerts that I set up during a HIIT workout (I have since turned them off).

The same thing happens to me - when it rains, it is a mess! it even stop the whole activity. So useless!

I live in a circle which is half mile for a circle, I walk 8 circles which is 4 miles, last two days my watch tells me that I walk only 2.65 miles?

I called apple and they have been useless on this. They also claimed it's not a known issue. I imagine most people here have reported it. I'm going to try and use the strava app.