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https://github.com/10se1ucgo/disablewintracking

Uses some known methods that attempt to minimize tracking in Windows 10
https://github.com/10se1ucgo/disablewintracking

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Uses some known methods that attempt to minimize tracking in Windows 10

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# 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 .

```