How to Enable or Disable Telemetry Data Collection in Dell Trusted Device, Post-Install

Affected Products:

• Dell Trusted Device

Affected Versions:

• v2.6 and Later

The steps below allow an administrator to change the Dell Trusted Device telemetry opt-in choice.

There are three ways to change the Dell Trusted Device Telemetry Opt-In setting:

1. Update the Windows registry Dell Trusted Device telemetry opt-in settings on the affected endpoint.
   1. Log in to the affected endpoint with a user that has local administrative rights.
   2. Run the Windows Registry Editor (regedit.exe) as an administrative user.
   3. Go to location:

      Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\DELL\TrustedDevice 

   4. Locate the value TelemetryOptin.
      
   5. Modify TelemetryOptin.
      Note:

      • 0 = Do not allow telemetry to be collected
      • 1= Allow telemetry to be collected
   6. Reboot the endpoint to enable the updated selection.
2. A command line to change the Windows Registry value for the telemetry opt-in setting.
   1. Log in to the affected endpoint with a user that has local administrative rights.
   2. Open a cmd prompt, running as an administrative user.
   3. Run the registry command below:
      To disable Dell Trusted Device telemetry collection:

      reg add HKLM\SOFTWARE\DEll\trusteddevice /v telemetryoptin /t reg_dword /d 0 /f

      To enable Dell Trusted Device telemetry collection:

      reg add HKLM\SOFTWARE\DEll\trusteddevice /v telemetryoptin /t reg_dword /d 1 /f

      Note: The value being updated is in:

      Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\DELL\TrustedDevice

      The value is TelemetryOptin.

      0 = Do not allow telemetry to be collected
      				1= Allow telemetry to be collected
      				/f : forces the Windows Registry to be updated without confirmation

   4. Reboot the endpoint to enable the updated selection.
3. A script using the command line above that can be pushed to an affected machine. This would be based on the deployment software that is being used in the environment.

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