How to disable Telemetry and Data Collection in Windows 10

[Gray]

1. Open Registry Editor.
2. Go to the following Registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Win dows\DataCollection
If you do not have such a Registry key, then just create it.

3. There you need to create a new a 32-bit DWORD value named AllowTelemetry and set it to 0.

Now, you need to disable a couple of Windows services.
Right click the File Explorer item in Windows 10 Start menu and pick Manage from its context menu:

Go to Services and Applications -> Services in the left pane. In the services list, disable the following services:

Diagnostics Tracking Service
dmwappushsvc

Double click the mentioned services and pick "Disabled" for the startup type:

You need to restart Windows 10 for changes to take effect.

[Kevin]

1. Open Registry Editor.
2. Go to the following Registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Win dows\DataCollection
If you do not have such a Registry key, then just create it.

3. There you need to create a new a 32-bit DWORD value named AllowTelemetry and set it to 0.

Now, you need to disable a couple of Windows services.
Right click the File Explorer item in Windows 10 Start menu and pick Manage from its context menu:

Go to Services and Applications -> Services in the left pane. In the services list, disable the following services:

Diagnostics Tracking Service
dmwappushsvc

Double click the mentioned services and pick "Disabled" for the startup type:

You need to restart Windows 10 for changes to take effect.

https://imgur.com/gallery/I8u2G

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I found out some of these settings while I was using the Technical Preview. Kinda annoyed that Microsoft would do these kinds of things without explicit user approval. But then again, free os I guess. Most likely won't be updating. Who knows what other stuff Microsoft included without us knowing... *puts on tinfoil hat*

[Gray]

https://imgur.com/gallery/I8u2G

All well and good, however I don't fully trust the visible options of turning things off, they may as well be for show.
You can never know. The registry has more control than the GUI does.

[Law]

Thanks.

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