Habit settings: Enable habit type change
I created a positive habit, but now I realize that it makes more sense to reword it as a negative habit I’d like to quit. I can rename it, but there is no option to change the type. I don’t want to create a new habit, because I already logged more than a year there and don’t want to lose my records.
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Minh Thư
Apr 4, 2025
Hi!
We totally get your concern about keeping all that awesome tracking history while wanting to switch your habit from positive to negative. After a year of logging, that's valuable data you don't want to lose!
Right now, our app handles good habits and bad habits as separate systems. This is because tracking "doing something good" works differently than tracking "avoiding something bad" - both in how we measure it and the psychology behind it. That's why there's no simple switch button in the app.
I'm adding your feedback to help us prioritize things for future updates! Thanks for sticking with Habitify for over a year - that's amazing consistency!
m.prytoliuk
Apr 15, 2025
In that case I would like to be able to manually edit records of the habit. Now I can add a new bad habit that started a year ago, but I can’t edit records that are more than a month ago from now.
It would be good to be able to have control over my data.
Minh Thư
Apr 16, 2025
On Journal view, you can view back last 30 days at most.
Instead, to log for further day, you can open the current day's view → swipe habit right and choose Log Progress → adjust the date & time and enter the log value.
m.prytoliuk
Apr 16, 2025
It is not possible to log progress for the negative habit.
You can’t swipe right bad habits
Minh Thư
Apr 16, 2025
Oh, so is it a habit with goal to quit?
then, there is another way:
tap on your habit to open the calendar view
tap on 3-dot button on the top right corner and choose log progress
choose a date and log a value
That's how you update a failed status for the habit on the date in the past.
m.prytoliuk
Apr 16, 2025
Thanks, looks like this option can work.
But it doesn’t break the streak if I log failed status in the past. I still see my perfect streak and no failures in calendar view.
Minh Thư
Apr 16, 2025
could you please provide us more details like the last date marked as failed and how many days are counted to your streak? some screenshots can help as well.
You can send via the in-app chatbox or at contact@habitify.me.
m.prytoliuk
Apr 16, 2025
Thank you,
I provided the info via the in-app chatbox.
Minh Thư
Apr 16, 2025
Thank you so much!