Deleting items off foods list

survivor1952
survivor1952 Posts: 250 Member
in Food and Nutrition
I no longer eat a lot of the foods that I previously had on my "add foods" list. I would like to delete some foods so the list is more to my current use, but I don't see a way to get the items deleted. Any help?

Replies

  • CyberTone
    CyberTone Posts: 7,337 Member
    I assume you are asking about the Recent list.

    ​The Recent list is just a database query that is generated each time the Food Diary is searched and displays up to the last 100 items you, yourself, added to your Food Diary, either by individual Meal, or by All Meals, depending on your display option. Those food items will eventually drop off of the Recent list display after you log more items. You can not delete them from the Recent list.

    The Frequent list displays up to 25 items from your Food Diary based on an algorithm that the user can not change, but a user can in effect hide particular food items from displaying in the Frequent list.

    If you want, you can change your default display to the Frequent list, from which you can hide previous food items that you added to your Food Diary and do not want to see displayed on a list of foods. On the Web version, navigate to FOOD > Settings and change Default Add Food View to Frequent. On the mobile apps, navigate to Settings > Diary Settings and set Default Search Tabs to Frequent.

    The only way to have the Recent list not display those items that you added to your Food Diary is for you to go back to your Food Diary and delete all instances of those unwanted items from every day that you logged them. You can go back to individual days in your Food Diary and delete the food items one by one on the Web version or by multi-delete on the mobile apps. However, if you delete those unwanted entries from your Food Diary, be aware that your macros will not be correct for those previous days and any Reports, if you use that, will not be correct.

    ​Please see these articles, and search for other helpful articles, on the MFP Help pages...

    myfitnesspal.desk.com/customer/portal/articles/374439-how-do-i-delete-an-entry-from-my-food-diary-

    myfitnesspal.desk.com/customer/portal/articles/152746-can-i-remove-a-food-from-my-%22most-used%22-or-%22frequent%22-list-what-if-i-change-my-mind-
  • FunSam1952
    FunSam1952 Posts: 1 Member
    Friend request
  • JediMasterNaw
    JediMasterNaw Posts: 124 Member
    I'm not sure if there's a way on the app, but on the website, you can delete the foods you've added. I just tried it to make sure.

    Under "Food", go to "My Foods"
    Click on the food you want to delete
    Across from "Nutritional Facts" there will now be an "Edit" and a "Delete" button

Categories