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Manage telemetry in enterprise environments

VS Code collects telemetry data to help understand how the product is used and to improve it. Organizations can centrally manage telemetry settings to control what data is collected across their development teams.

This article covers how IT admins can configure telemetry through enterprise policies.

Telemetry-related policies

VS Code provides the following policies for managing telemetry:

Policy Description VS Code setting Available since
TelemetryLevel Specify the telemetry data level telemetry.telemetryLevelORG 1.99
EnableFeedback Configure feedback mechanisms (issue reporter and surveys) telemetry.feedback.enabledORG 1.99

Learn how to deploy policies to your organization's devices.

Configure telemetry level

The TelemetryLevel policy controls VS Code telemetry, first-party extension telemetry, and participating third-party extension telemetry.

Note

Some third-party extensions might not respect this setting. Consult the specific extension's documentation to learn about its telemetry reporting.

Telemetry level options

Value Crash reports Error telemetry Usage data
all ✓ ✓ ✓
error ✓ ✓ -
crash ✓ - -
off - - -

Data types:

  • Crash reports - Diagnostic information when VS Code crashes
  • Error telemetry - Information about errors that don't crash the application
  • Usage data - Information about feature usage and performance

Disable telemetry

To disable all telemetry across your organization, set the TelemetryLevel policy to off:

Policy value:

off
Important

Setting telemetry to off or error disables A/B experimentation. This might delay the rollout of new features to your users until they are generally available.

Enable error telemetry only

To collect only crash reports and error telemetry while disabling usage data, set the TelemetryLevel policy to error:

Policy value:

error

Configure feedback mechanisms

The EnableFeedback policy controls whether users can access feedback mechanisms in VS Code, such as the issue reporter and surveys.

To disable feedback mechanisms, set the EnableFeedback policy to false:

Policy value:

false

Extension telemetry

VS Code extensions might collect their own telemetry data. The telemetry.telemetryLevelORG setting affects first-party Microsoft extensions and participating third-party extensions. However, some extensions might not respect this setting and might have their own telemetry configuration.

Review the documentation of extensions used in your organization to understand their telemetry practices.

GDPR compliance

VS Code is designed to be GDPR compliant. When users disable telemetry, VS Code stops sending telemetry data going forward. For more information about GDPR and VS Code, see the telemetry documentation.

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