9.5. Diagnostics & Feedback

⌘ + r › ms-settings:privacy-feedback

9.5.1. Diagnostic data

Required Diagnostic data

Only Enterprise editions of Windows can disable diagnostic data entirely. Required is the most restricted otherwise. See diagnostic data levels.

Warning

If the option is not set or set incorrectly, it will default to full.

See Telemetry for additional diagnostic data & telemetry blocking.

GPO

Computer Configuration › Administrative Templates › Windows Components › Data Collection and Preview Builds › Allow Telemetry

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1

Required

Updated: 2021-02-19 Reference

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HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\DataCollection

AllowTelemetry

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1

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HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersionPolicies\DataCollection

AllowTelemetry

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1

MaxTelemetryAllowed

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1

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HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersionDiagnostics\DiagTrack

ShowedToastAtLevel

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1

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9.5.2. Improve inking and typing

Disable Improve inking and typing

Disable sending inking and typing data to Microsoft. Apply Ink & Typing Personalization.

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HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersionPolicies\TextInput

AllowLinguisticDataCollection

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0

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HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Input\TIPC

Enabled

DWORD

0

Updated: 2020-02-19 Reference

9.5.3. Tailored experiences

Disable Tailored experiences

Disable Microsoft consumer experiences. GPO’s are only applied in Enterprise and Education editions, but should be set regardless.

GPO

Computer Configuration › Administrative Templates › Windows Components › Cloud Content › Turn off Microsoft consumer experiences

ENABLED

Updated: 2020-02-19 Reference

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User Configuration › Administrative Templates › Windows Components › Cloud Content › Do not use diagnostic data for tailored experiences

ENABLED

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HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\CloudContent

DisableWindowsConsumerFeatures

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1

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HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\WindowsCloudContent

DisableTailoredExperiencesWithDiagnosticData

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1

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9.5.4. View diagnostic data

Disable View diagnostic data

Disable viewing of diagnostic data.

GPO

Computer Configuration › Administrative Templates › Windows Components › Data Collection and Preview Builds › Disable diagnostic data viewer

ENABLED

Updated: 2020-02-19 Reference

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HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Diagnostics\DiagTrack\EventTranscriptKey

EnableEventTranscript

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0

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9.5.5. Delete diagnostic data

Enable Delete diagnostic data

Enable user deletion of diagnostic data.

GPO

Computer Configuration › Administrative Templates › Windows Components › Data Collection and Preview Builds › Disable deleting diagnostic data

DISABLED

Updated: 2020-02-19 Reference

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HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\DataCollection

DisableDeviceDelete

DWORD

DELETE

Updated: 2020-02-19 Reference

9.5.6. Feedback frequency

Disable Windows should ask for my feedback

Disable Windows feedback requests.

GPO

Computer Configuration › Administrative Templates › Windows Components › Data Collection and Preview Builds › Do not show feedback notifications

ENABLED

Updated: 2020-02-19 Reference

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HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\DataCollection

DoNotShowFeedbackNotifications

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1

Updated: 2020-02-19 Reference

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HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Siuf\Rules

PeriodInNanoSeconds

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DELETE

NumberOfSIUFInPeriod

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0

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