HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\DataCollection add a new 32 dword &quot;AllowTelemetry&quot; and set the value to 0.<p>Then, open Services and stop &amp; change startup to disabled on &quot;Connected User Experiences and Telemetry&quot; and &quot;dmwappushservice&quot;.<p>There are bunches of tools and scripts around to do it, but those 2 things are really all that you need to do.  Microsoft doesn&#x27;t stop you from &quot;opting out&quot; of Telemetry by making these changes.  All windows updates &#x2F; etc still work.