Mistakes happen. You log a pint when you actually had a half. You tap Add Drink twice. You forget to log a beer for an hour and only notice it later. AlcoLog lets you fix any of those after the fact. This tutorial covers four edits: editing a drink during an active session, editing one from history, deleting a drink, and deleting a whole session.
# Step 1. Edit a drink during the active session
While a session is running, your drinks appear in the Session Timeline below the timer. Tap any drink in the timeline (or tap Edit Drinks if you have many) to open the edit sheet.
The edit sheet is the same form as Add Drink: type, subtype, brand, size, ABV, calories, cost, time, location. Change any field and tap Save. The session totals (units, calories, cost) recalculate immediately and your stats line above updates.
# Step 2. Edit a drink from history
Tap the History tab, scroll to the session, and tap the chevron on its card to expand. The full drink list appears below the session timeline.
Each drink has a pencil icon (edit) and an X icon (delete). Tap the pencil to open the same edit sheet from Step 1. Edits made from history flow back into the session totals on the History screen, the trend graph, and the heatmap. They also feed AlcoScore the next time it recalculates.
# Step 3. Delete a single drink
If you logged a drink that didn’t actually happen (a mistaken double-tap, a phantom entry from a friend grabbing your phone), open the edit sheet for that drink and tap the red Delete Drink button at the bottom.
A confirmation alert reads Delete Drink? Remove this [type] ([size]) from the session? This cannot be undone. Tap Delete to remove. The drink disappears from the timeline and the session totals shrink to match.
You can also delete from the history-expanded list by tapping the small X icon next to a drink. Same confirmation, same effect.
# Step 4. Delete an entire session
To remove a whole session, go to the History tab and find the session card in the All Sessions list. Swipe left on the card to reveal a red Delete action.
Tap to confirm. The session, every drink in it, and all derived data (units, calories, cost contributions) are removed from the trend graph, the monthly overview, and the heatmap. Sessions cannot be restored after deletion.
If the deleted session was your last one, the Last Session block on AlcoScore disappears until your next session ends. Your overall AlcoScore recalculates the next time you open that screen.
# Step 5. What recalculates
Edits and deletions cascade through the app:
- Session totals (units, calories, cost) update immediately
- Stats line on Home updates immediately during an active session
- Monthly overview updates the next time you visit History
- Trend graph redraws on next visit to History
- Calendar heatmap recolours on next visit
- AlcoScore recalculates on next visit to the AlcoScore screen
- Apple Health writes use the corrected totals on session end (deleted drinks aren’t unwritten retroactively, however; if you’ve already ended the session, you’ll need to delete the corresponding entries inside the Health app to fully reverse)
That’s the whole edit and delete loop. Three places to do it (active session timeline, history-expanded list, swipe-to-delete on the session card), one consistent edit form, one consistent confirmation pattern.
# What’s next
If you find yourself editing a lot, building your favourites list saves time by removing the type and size pickers from your usual drinks. Reading your drinking history covers what those edits look like in the longer view.