winutil/docs/dev/tweaks/Essential-Tweaks/Powershell7Tele.md

# Disable Powershell 7 Telemetry

Last Updated: 2024-08-07


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## Description

This will create an Environment Variable called 'POWERSHELL_TELEMETRY_OPTOUT' with a value of '1' which will tell Powershell 7 to not send Telemetry Data.

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<details>
<summary>Preview Code</summary>

```json
{
  "Content": "Disable Powershell 7 Telemetry",
  "Description": "This will create an Environment Variable called 'POWERSHELL_TELEMETRY_OPTOUT' with a value of '1' which will tell Powershell 7 to not send Telemetry Data.",
  "category": "Essential Tweaks",
  "panel": "1",
  "Order": "a009_",
  "InvokeScript": [
    "[Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable('POWERSHELL_TELEMETRY_OPTOUT', '1', 'Machine')"
  ],
  "UndoScript": [
    "[Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable('POWERSHELL_TELEMETRY_OPTOUT', '', 'Machine')"
  ],
  "link": "https://christitustech.github.io/winutil/dev/tweaks/Essential-Tweaks/Powershell7Tele"
}
```

</details>

## Invoke Script

```powershell
[Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable('POWERSHELL_TELEMETRY_OPTOUT', '1', 'Machine')

```
## Undo Script

```powershell
[Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable('POWERSHELL_TELEMETRY_OPTOUT', '', 'Machine')

```

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[View the JSON file](https://github.com/ChrisTitusTech/winutil/tree/main/config/tweaks.json)