Disable diagnostic data viewer
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Key metadata and intent for this policy.

Computer
Category
Windows Components > Data Collection and Preview Builds
Supported on
At least Windows Server 2016, Windows 10 Version 1809

Supported OS tags: Windows10, Windows10RT, Windows11, WindowsServer2016

This policy setting controls whether users can enable and launch the Diagnostic Data Viewer from the Diagnostic & feedback Settings page. If you enable this policy setting, the Diagnostic Data Viewer will not be enabled in Settings page, and it will prevent the viewer from showing diagnostic data collected by Microsoft from the device. If you disable or don't configure this policy setting, the Diagnostic Data Viewer will be enabled in Settings page.

Internal name
DisableDiagnosticDataViewer
Policy ID
5c4f77f74bf7
Elements
0

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

ScopeRegistry locationTypeEnabled valueDisabled valueCopy
Computer
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\DataCollection
Value name
DisableDiagnosticDataViewer
REG_DWORD
HKLM
1
HKLM
0
Registry location
Type REG_DWORD · Computer
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\DataCollection
Value name
DisableDiagnosticDataViewer
Hive
HKLM
Enabled value
1
Disabled value
0

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