Not every trigger applies to every person. If you never drink coffee, MigraineMe noting Caffeine low every day is just noise. The good news is that you can switch off the automatic detection for any auto-trigger.
Turning off a trigger's auto-detect does not delete it. The trigger is still there in the list, just sleeping. You can turn it back on whenever you like.
When you might want to do this
A few examples of when you might want to switch a trigger off:
- You never drink coffee, tea or cola. Turn off Caffeine high and Caffeine low.
- You do not track your nutrition in any app. Turn off the Diet triggers, so you do not get low vitamin or low mineral entries based on partial data.
- You do not have a menstrual cycle. Turn off Menstruation and Ovulation.
- You live somewhere very flat. Turn off Altitude high and Altitude low.
- A trigger keeps firing every single day but you have noticed it has no link to your migraines. Turn it off.
On iPhone and Android
The steps are the same on both phones.
- Open MigraineMe.
- Tap the gear icon in the top-left of the screen.
- Tap Manage Items.
- Tap Triggers. Your trigger pool opens.
- Find the trigger you want to switch off. It is grouped by category, so look under Body, Cognitive, Diet, Environment, Menstrual Cycle, Physical or Sleep, or use the search box.
- Tap the row to expand it.
- Inside the expanded row you will see an Auto-detect switch. Tap it so it turns off (grey).
- Tap the purple Save & Recalculate button at the bottom so everything is applied together.
That is it. The trigger stays in the list so you can find it again later.
What about the bell icon?
The small bell on a trigger's row is something different: it controls whether that trigger can send you an alert notification. Bells are off for everything by default, so unless you have turned one on, switching a trigger off will not change your notifications. The bell and the Auto-detect switch are independent.
What happens after I turn auto-detect off?
- MigraineMe stops adding that trigger to your journal automatically.
- When you tap Save & Recalculate, the last 7 days are checked again with your new settings, so automatic entries for that trigger from the past week are removed and no longer count toward your risk score.
- The "Fires above/below" threshold line disappears from the expanded row until you turn auto-detect back on.
Older automatic entries (more than a week ago) are not removed, and nothing you logged by hand is touched. You can still log the trigger by hand whenever you like.
Turning a trigger back on
If you change your mind:
- Go back to the gear icon → Manage Items → Triggers.
- Tap the trigger row to expand it.
- Tap the Auto-detect switch back on, then Save & Recalculate.
Recovery if the switch does not respond
If you tap the switch and nothing happens:
- Check your internet connection.
- Wait a few seconds and try again.
- Close MigraineMe completely (swipe it away from your app switcher) and reopen it.
Your last saved state is always remembered. So if a tap looks like it failed, leave the screen and come back. Chances are it was saved anyway.
A gentle suggestion
If you are new to MigraineMe, we suggest leaving most triggers on for the first month. The app is learning your patterns, and an unfamiliar trigger may turn out to matter once you have more data. After a month or so, look at your journal and switch off any triggers you can confidently say do not apply to you.
