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Disable enterprise/business focused data collection

Overview​

About this category

This category contains privacy scripts for Windows.

These changes use Windows system commands to update your settings.

This category contains scripts to disable data collection capabilities focused on enterprise/business uses.

The scripts target various Windows features like Desktop Analytics, Windows Update for Business, and Azure services. These capabilities are meant to provide insights for IT administrators but collect and transmit data from end user devices.

By disabling these enterprise/business focused data collection features, you can increase privacy and reduce data sharing from your personal device. However, note that some functionality expected by business IT administrators may be reduced.

These scripts can help limit enterprise/Microsoft visibility into your device, but may limit management capabilities on managed business devices.

Caution: Mixed Risk Levels

Be careful running these scripts. This category includes scripts with high impact:

  • 🟡 Some recommended scripts only if you understand its implications. Some non-critical or features may no longer function correctly after running this this category.
  • 🟢 Some safely recommended scripts. Safe-to use for any user.
Implementation Details

  • Language: batch

  • Scripts Count: 6 scripts

  • Subcategories: 1

  • Required Privileges: Administrator rights

  • Compatibility: Windows only

  • Reversibility: All changes can be reverted

Apply now​

These scripts are written using Batch (batchfile) scripting language.

Choose one of two ways to apply:

  1. Automatically via privacy.sexy: The easiest and safest option.
  2. Manually by downloading: Requires downloading a file.

Alternative 1. Apply with Privacy.sexy​

privacy.sexy is free and open-source application that lets securely apply this action easily.

Open privacy.sexy

It allows selectively choose parts of this action to conduct. You can fully restore this action (revert back to the original behavior) using the application. Additionally, you can apply only the recommended scripts, instead of applying all of the scripts.

privacy.sexy instructions
  1. Open or download the desktop application
  2. Search for the category name: Disable enterprise/business focused data collection.
  3. Check the category by clicking on the checkbox of the category.
  4. Click on Run button at the bottom of the page.

Alternative 2. Download​

You can choose to apply only scripts with less impact or also those with higher impact:

Standard

Recommended for all users. It helps to improve privacy without affecting stability.

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Strict

Recommended if you understand its implications. It may cause some non-critical features to no longer function correctly.

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Consider restarting your computer for all changes to take affect.

Reversible

This action is completely reversible, you can restore your changes to the initial/default state. The restore/revert methods provided here can help you fix issues.

If something goes wrong, use the Revert script provided above.

Standard​

This script includes only Standard recommendation level.

Safe for General Use

Standard scripts in this category is recommended for all users. They help to improve privacy without affecting stability.

Download only standard scripts by clicking on the button:

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Restore these changes if you decide to revert them by downloading the restore script:

Download restore script

Strict​

This script includes Standard and Strict recommendation levels.

Use with Caution

This script is only recommended if you understand their implications of every single change. Some non-critical or features may no longer function correctly after running this script.

Download Strict scripts:

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Restore these changes if you decide to revert them by downloading the restore script:

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Explore further​

This category includes total of 6 scripts and 1 subcategories.

Explore its 1 subscripts and 1 subcategories:

Disable Desktop Analytics telemetry

Desktop Analytics is a cloud-based service that provides insights about Windows devices in an organization. The service provides insight and intelligence from user data. Desktop Analytics collects diagnostic data from enrolled Windows devices and sends it to Microsoft cloud services. It creates an inventory of apps running in an organization. This data provides insights about application compatibility and pilot identification to help IT administrators in organizations evaluate the readiness and ...

Disable commercial usage of collected data

This protects your privacy by placing a limit on the commercial usage of your data. It manages how Windows diagnostic data is handled by controlling whether Microsoft is a processor or controller for Windows diagnostic data collected from your device. In the default setting, Microsoft operates as the controller of this diagnostic data, thus enabling it to use the data for commercial purposes. This script alters that setting to limit the commercial usage of your data. This script does not affect ...

Explore Categories​

This action belongs to Disable Windows telemetry and data collection category. This category configures Windows using 17 scripts. These scripts are organized in 4 categories. The category includes 4 subscripts and 3 subcategories that include more scripts and categories. Read more on category page ▶

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