# DO NOT SUBMIT NEW ISSUES OR PULL REQUESTS ## THIS REPOSITORY IS HERE FOR ARCHIVAL PURPOSES ONLY. THIS SOFTWARE RECEIVED IT'S LAST RELEASE ON 01/2019 AND LAST COMMIT ON 12/2020. # Someone has forked and continued the project here: [https://github.com/bitlog2/DisableWinTracking](https://github.com/bitlog2/DisableWinTracking) ## As with any fork of a project, we cannot verify the integrity of their code, so report any issues with their fork to THAT repository, not this one. # -------------------------- # DisableWinTracking A tool that I created to use some of the known methods of disabling tracking in Windows 10. ![screenshot](http://i.imgur.com/WINUxAj.png) ## CYRILLIC LANGUAGES WARNING ## ПРЕДУПРЕЖДЕНИЕ ДЛЯ КИРИЛЛИЧЕСКИХ ЯЗЫКОВ **Slavic languages: Belarusian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian, Rusyn, Serbo-Croatian (for Standard Serbian, Bosnian, and Montenegrin), Ukrainian.** **Славянские языки: белорусский, болгарский, македонский, русский, русинский, сербохорватский (для стандартного сербского, боснийского и черногорского), украинский.** This program cannot run correctly from a file path that contains Cyrillic characters. Make sure to run it from your root folder (usually C:/ ) so that you don't get runtime errors. Эта программа не может работать корректно, если в пути к файлу есть кириллические символы. Обязательно запустите его из корневой папки ( обычно C:/ ), чтобы вы не получали ошибок во время выполнения. ## DOWNLOAD [DOWNLOAD EXE HERE](https://github.com/10se1ucgo/DisableWinTracking/releases/) **Note:** Windows Defender may report the EXE as a trojan (Win32/Pocyx.C!cl), and may therefore prevent you from extracting the EXE to anywhere on your computer. Set up an exclusion in **Settings > Update & Security > Windows Defender > Exclusions** by adding the folder you intend to extract the EXE to. ## How to Use You can either: A. [Run the binary uploaded to the Release tab as an Administrator and select which options you'd like](https://github.com/10se1ucgo/DisableWinTracking/releases/) B. Install Python and the dependencies listed below and run the script from an elevated command prompt and select which options you'd like #### Silent Either can be run with the -silent argument as of v3.1. This will perform all available options of the version you're using. **You still need to run it as administrator.** ## Dependencies This is only to run the script from source, [download the exe here](https://github.com/10se1ucgo/DisableWinTracking/releases/) * Tested on Python 3.7.2 since DisableWinTracking 3.2.4 (commit [9f1d2aa](https://github.com/10se1ucgo/DisableWinTracking/commit/9f1d2aa58cec76306c3dc6887e7c9c92769936fe)) * [wxPython](http://wxpython.org/download.php) * [PyWin32](http://sourceforge.net/projects/pywin32/files/pywin32/) * Windows 10 (Duh) ## Methods Used #### Telemetry Set the `AllowTelemetry` string in `HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\DataCollection` to `0` #### DiagTrack Log Clears and disables writing to the log located in `C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Diagnosis\ETLLogs\AutoLogger` #### Services You can delete or disable the 2 services below: * `DiagTrack` (aka. Connected User Experiences and Telemetry) Diagnostics Tracking Service * `dmwappushsvc` WAP Push Message Routing Service Action: * Delete: Remove both services * Disable: Set the `Start` registry key for both services to `4` (Disabled) Located at `HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\` #### HOSTS Append known tracking domains to the `HOSTS` file located in `C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc` #### IP Blocking Blocks known tracking IPs with the Windows Firewall. The rules are named TrackingIPX, replacing X with the IP numbers. #### Windows Defender Disables the following: - Automatic Sample Submission - Delivery Optimization Download Mode #### WifiSense Disables the following: - Credential Share - Open-ness #### OneDrive Runs `C:\Windows\SysWOW64\OneDriveSetup.exe /uninstall` (64 bit) or `C:\Windows\System32\OneDriveSetup.exe /uninstall` (32 bit) Also disables registry entries that keep the OneDrive Icon pinned to your Windows Explorer list: ![OneDrive Example Image](http://i.imgur.com/26yfnGD.png) #### Xbox DVR Action: * Disable: Set the `GameDVR_Enabled` registry key for both services to `0` (Disabled) Located at `HKEY_CURRENT_USER\System\GameConfigStore` * Disable: Set the `AllowGameDVR` registry key for both services to `0` (Disabled) Located at `HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\GameDVR` This action requires reboot computer for completely applying. ## Delete Services vs Disable Services? Selecting "Disable" will simply stop the services from being able to run. Selecting the "Delete" choice will completely delete the tracking services. ## License ``` Copyright (C) 10se1ucgo 2016 This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see . ```