Disable participation in IntelliCode data collection
- Windows onlyThis script improves your privacy on Windows
- Single actionThis page belongs to a script, containing basic changes to achieve a task.
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- Batch (batchfile)These changes use Windows system commands to update your settings.
- Administrator rights requiredThis script requires privilege access to do the system changes
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Overview
This script prevents IntelliCode in Visual Studio from collecting data. IntelliCode uses AI to suggest code improvements by analyzing usage and error reports 1. In scenarios like team model training, user code is shared with Microsoft 2 3 4. Opting out does not affect IntelliCode's local suggestion capabilities 3 4.
By relying on local data models 3 4, this script improves privacy, reducing the amount of data shared with Microsoft. The script works by modifying registry keys to disable the feature that sends data to Microsoft for remote analysis 3. By default, Visual Studio 2022 and newer versions do not contain these registry keys.
The backend servers for IntelliCode model training are discontinued, making the data collection feature outdated 5. Thus, this script provides peace of mind for users of older Visual Studio 2022 versions, even though the feature is outdated.
Sources
- IntelliCode for Visual Studio. Microsoft Learn. learn.microsoft.com. (2023).
Original: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/ide/intellicode-visual-studio
Archived: https://web.archive.org/web/20231112024816/https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/ide/intellicode-visual-studio?view=vs-2022 - IntelliCode privacy - Visual Studio IntelliCode. Microsoft Learn. docs.microsoft.com. (2023).
Original: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/ide/intellicode-privacy
Archived: https://web.archive.org/web/20231112024456/https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/ide/intellicode-privacy?view=vs-2022 - intellicode/docs/intellicode-privacy.md at 50ea60c91a7175e749ed5e094403568a583a292e · MicrosoftDocs/intellicode. github.com. (2023).
Original: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/MicrosoftDocs/intellicode/50ea60c91a7175e749ed5e094403568a583a292e/docs/intellicode-privacy.md
Archived: https://web.archive.org/web/20231112024639/https://raw.githubusercontent.com/MicrosoftDocs/intellicode/50ea60c91a7175e749ed5e094403568a583a292e/docs/intellicode-privacy.md - vscode-docs/docs/csharp/intellicode.md at main · microsoft/vscode-docs. github.com. (2023).
Original: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/microsoft/vscode-docs/main/docs/csharp/intellicode.md
Archived: https://web.archive.org/web/20231122105835/https://raw.githubusercontent.com/microsoft/vscode-docs/main/docs/csharp/intellicode.md - Is `DisableRemoteAnalysis` no longer supported? · Issue #510 · MicrosoftDocs/intellicode · GitHub. github.com. (2024).
Original: https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/intellicode/issues/510
Archived: https://web.archive.org/web/20240409110051/https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/intellicode/issues/510#issuecomment-1982513204
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:: Set the registry value: "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\VisualStudio\IntelliCode!DisableRemoteAnalysis"
PowerShell -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -Command "$registryPath = 'HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\VisualStudio\IntelliCode'; $data = '1'; reg add 'HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\VisualStudio\IntelliCode' /v 'DisableRemoteAnalysis' /t 'REG_DWORD' /d "^""$data"^"" /f"
:: Set the registry value: "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VSCommon\16.0\IntelliCode!DisableRemoteAnalysis"
PowerShell -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -Command "$registryPath = 'HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VSCommon\16.0\IntelliCode'; $data = '1'; reg add 'HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VSCommon\16.0\IntelliCode' /v 'DisableRemoteAnalysis' /t 'REG_DWORD' /d "^""$data"^"" /f"
:: Set the registry value: "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VSCommon\17.0\IntelliCode!DisableRemoteAnalysis"
PowerShell -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -Command "$registryPath = 'HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VSCommon\17.0\IntelliCode'; $data = '1'; reg add 'HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VSCommon\17.0\IntelliCode' /v 'DisableRemoteAnalysis' /t 'REG_DWORD' /d "^""$data"^"" /f"
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