> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://getsteps.app/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Getting Started

> Set up Steps, configure your daily goal, and start tracking your activity

Steps makes it easy to start tracking your daily steps, workouts, and fitness goals right from your iPhone.

## Onboarding

When you first open Steps, you'll go through a quick setup to personalize your experience:

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</Frame>

<Steps>
  <Step title="Set Your Daily Goal">
    Choose a step goal between 1,000 and 20,000 steps using the scroll picker. You can always change this later in Settings.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Grant Health Permissions">
    Steps requests access to Apple Health to read your step count, distance, calories, flights climbed, and workout data. Tap **Allow All** for the best experience.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Start Walking">
    That's it! Steps begins tracking automatically using your iPhone's motion sensors and Apple Health data.
  </Step>
</Steps>

Along the way, Steps asks a few quick questions to personalize your experience, invites you to turn on notifications, and introduces features like [Stepboard](/features/stepboard) and [App Lock](/features/app-lock). You can skip any of these and set them up later in Settings.

## HealthKit Permissions

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  <img src="https://mintcdn.com/steps-9a9e4b74/WCAWzedZyITaHflp/images/screenshots/getting-started-health-permissions.jpg?fit=max&auto=format&n=WCAWzedZyITaHflp&q=85&s=e7d492e3ce16d3584040d746b2afc4ad" alt="HealthKit permissions dialog" width="2131" height="1598" data-path="images/screenshots/getting-started-health-permissions.jpg" />
</Frame>

Steps reads the following data from Apple Health:

* **Steps** - Your daily step count
* **Walking + Running Distance** - Distance covered on foot
* **Active Energy Burned** - Calories burned through activity
* **Flights Climbed** - Floors you've climbed
* **Heart Rate** - Used during workouts
* **Workout Routes** - GPS routes for your recorded workouts

<Tip>Steps never writes to or modifies your Apple Health data. It only reads your existing activity information.</Tip>

## Privacy

Your health data stays on your device. Steps does not upload your fitness data to any server. All processing happens locally on your iPhone.

## Re-syncing Health Data

If your step count looks incorrect or data appears missing, you can re-sync from Apple Health:

1. Open **Settings** in Steps
2. Scroll to the Support section
3. Tap **Re-sync Apple Health data**

This refreshes all your activity data from Apple Health.

## Restart Onboarding

To go through the setup flow again:

1. Open **Settings** in Steps
2. Tap **Restart Onboarding**
3. Confirm when prompted

This lets you reconfigure your daily goal and permissions.