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Disable Powershell 7 Telemetry

Last Updated: 2024-08-07

Info

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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.

Preview Code
{
  "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"
}

Invoke Script

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

Undo Script

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

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