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Clear offline Visual Studio usage telemetry data

This script removes offline telemetry data in Visual Studio to enhance privacy and potentially improve system performance. These telemetry files, known as SQM (Service Quality Monitoring or Software Quality Metrics), contain details about application usage, errors, and performance. SQM files are created and used by Microsoft to gather data for the Microsoft Customer Experience Improvement Program. When offline, Visual Studio stores these files in the user's local application data folder. Rem...

Clear Visual Studio telemetry data

"vstelemetry" is a folder created by both Visual Studio and also by SQL Server Management Studio to store telemetry data. There has been security vulnerabilities through these folders that were patched in 2020 by Microsoft.

Clear Visual Studio temporary telemetry and log data

These logs area created by different tools that Visual Studio uses such as its launcher, installer or data collection agents. Folders include "VSFaultInfo", "VSFeedbackPerfWatsonData", "VSFeedbackCollector", "VSFeedbackVSRTCLogs", "VSRemoteControl", "VSFeedbackIntelliCodeLogs", "VSTelem", "VSTelem.Out". There are more log and cache data stored by Visual Studio, but not all of them come with privacy implications. These files can be useful for faster loading, so this script removes only the sensit...