Policy
Enable reporting of usage and crash-related data
Policy overview
Key metadata and intent for this policy.
Supported OS tags: Windows7
When this policy is Enabled, anonymous reporting of usage and crash-related data about Google Chrome to Google is recommended to be enabled by default. Users will still be able to change this setting. When this policy is Disabled, anonymous reporting is disabled and no usage or crash data is sent to Google. Users won't be able to change this setting. When this policy is not set, users can choose the anonymous reporting behavior at installation or first run, and can change this setting later. On Microsoft® Windows®, this policy is only available on instances that are joined to a Microsoft® Active Directory® domain, joined to Microsoft® Azure® Active Directory® or enrolled in Chrome Enterprise Core. On macOS, this policy is only available on instances that are managed via MDM, joined to a domain via MCX or enrolled in Chrome Enterprise Core. (For Google ChromeOS, see DeviceMetricsReportingEnabled.)
Registry values
How enabled and disabled states update the registry.
| Scope | Registry location | Type | Enabled value | Disabled value | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Path Software\Policies\Google\Chrome Value name MetricsReportingEnabled | REG_DWORD | HKLM 1 HKCU 1 | HKLM 0 HKCU 0 |
Policy elements
Inputs and configuration options exposed by this policy.
This policy has no additional user input fields.