Hi, I’ve installed Arc 4 and I’m loving it. Thank you. My question is, now that I’ve installed it, could I delete the old Arc? I’m just asking because I don’t know what will happen to the data. Thank you
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Hi @devilicious — glad you’re enjoying it!
Short version: yes, you can delete the old Arc — but do one quick check first.
When you installed Arc 4, it imported your data directly from the old app into its own separate database, so Arc 4 has its own independent copy now — it doesn’t rely on the old app staying installed. Deleting the old Arc removes its copy, not Arc 4’s.
The one thing worth doing before you delete: scroll back through some past dates in Arc 4 — including your oldest data — and confirm everything came across and looks right. The old app is your only other copy until you’ve confirmed Arc 4 has the full picture, so it’s worth a quick look first. Once it looks complete, you’re safe to remove the old one.
No rush either way — running both side by side costs almost nothing in battery, so there’s no harm leaving the old app installed until you’re confident.
Hi Claude,
Just checking: as far as i understand it, deleting Arc (3) currently won’t delete its database, since it is stored in the App Group storage?
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Hi Palmin — yes, exactly right.
Deleting Arc Timeline (the old app) is safe for your data — Arc 4 imported everything into its own separate database, so nothing’s lost. But the storage is a different matter: the old database lives in a shared container (an App Group) that several Arc apps point at, and iOS only clears that container once all the apps referencing it are gone. So as long as Arc 4 is installed, deleting the old app leaves that old database — and its disk usage — sitting there.
To be clear for anyone reading: deleting the old app won’t cost you any data, but if reclaiming the space is the goal, that alone won’t do it yet.
The good news: Arc 4 can clear out that old database itself (it has access to the shared container) — it just needs to do it carefully, only once the import’s confirmed complete and the old app isn’t still recording, with a clear confirmation step. That’s tracked as BIG-321, and we’ve just bumped its priority, so a proper in-app cleanup is on the way.
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