Disable user participation in Office Customer Experience Improvement Program (CEIP)

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Overview

This script disables user participation in the Microsoft Office Customer Experience Improvement Program (CEIP) ¹.

The CEIP allows Microsoft Office users to send usage information to Microsoft ¹. When users join this program, Office applications transmit data to Microsoft about the user's interaction with the software ¹. Part of this data includes identifying details, such as the user's IP address used during the data transfer ¹.

By default, when running Microsoft Office for the first time, users are given the choice to join the CEIP ¹. If they accept, their Office applications will periodically send usage statistics to Microsoft ¹.

Implementing this script ensures:

• Users will not have the choice to participate in the CEIP ¹.
• Office applications won't send any CEIP usage data to Microsoft ¹.

Prioritizing privacy, the US Department of Defense (DoD) suggests this configuration to enhance the security and privacy of the operating system ².

Technical Details

This modifies the HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\<Version>\Common!QMEnable policy setting ^{1 2 3}. If this policy is not configured, it acts as if the policy is set to Enabled ¹. This means that users are offered the choice to join the CEIP during their initial use of Office ^{1 2}. This script sets this value to 0, which disables the Customer Experience Improvement Program ^{1 2 3}.

This script affects Office versions from 2013 to 2021 4:

Version Number	Product Name
15.0	Office 2013
16.0	Office 2016
16.0	Office 2019
16.0	Office 2021

Tests on Office versions 2013, 2016, 2019, and 2021 confirm that these registry values are not present in a default installation.

Safe for General Use

All actions in this script is recommended for all users. This is recommended for all users to improve without any noticeable impact on the system functionality.

Sources

PrivacyLearn.com maintains strict sourcing standards for accuracy, integrity and up-to-date content. Our content relies on authoritative sources including vendor documentation, industry standards, and verified research. Learn more about our verification process and quality standards in our editorial standards page.

• ADMX, ADML, and ADM Settings - Download Center. microsoft.com. (2023).
  Original: https://download.microsoft.com/download/c/3/f/c3f8bd05-1743-4d7d-849c-c352b0f61835/office2010grouppolicyandoctsettings_reference.xls
  Archived: https://web.archive.org/web/20230922125001/https://download.microsoft.com/download/c/3/f/c3f8bd05-1743-4d7d-849c-c352b0f61835/office2010grouppolicyandoctsettings_reference.xls
• The Customer Experience Improvement Program for Office must be disabled.. stigviewer.com. (2024).
  Original: https://www.stigviewer.com/stig/microsoft_office_system_2013/2014-12-23/finding/V-17612
  Archived: https://web.archive.org/web/20241001141030/https://www.stigviewer.com/stig/microsoft_office_system_2013/2014-12-23/finding/V-17612
• Enable Customer Experience Improvement Program. admx.help. (2022).
  Original: https://admx.help
  Archived: https://web.archive.org/web/20221205201409/https://admx.help/?Category=Office2016&Policy=office16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows::L_EnableCustomerExperienceImprovementProgram
• History of Microsoft Office - Wikipedia. en.wikipedia.org. (2024).
  Original: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Microsoft_Office
  Archived: https://web.archive.org/web/20240809090857/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Microsoft_Office#Summary

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:: Set the registry value: "HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\15.0\Common!QMEnable"
PowerShell -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -Command "$registryPath = 'HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\15.0\Common'; $data = '0'; reg add 'HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\15.0\Common' /v 'QMEnable' /t 'REG_DWORD' /d "^""$data"^"" /f"
:: Set the registry value: "HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Common!QMEnable"
PowerShell -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -Command "$registryPath = 'HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Common'; $data = '0'; reg add 'HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Common' /v 'QMEnable' /t 'REG_DWORD' /d "^""$data"^"" /f"

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