Disable or Enable telemetry

By default PnP PowerShell will report its usage anonymously to the PnP team. We collection information about the version of PnP PowerShell, the operation system version and the cmdlet executed. Notice that we will not include parameters used and we will not include any values of parameters. We will also not be able to trace the execution back to the specific tenant it ran on, the organization it was used for or the person it was run by. Having telemtry in place allows us to get insight in the usage of cmdlets and thereby prioritize work towards the most popular cmdlets.

To query if in a connected PnP PowerShell session the telemetry is enabled, use Get-PnPPowerShellTelemetryEnabled.

If you wish to control telemetry to be sent, you can use one of the below options.

By using PnP PowerShell

You can disable telemetry to be sent by using Disable-PnPPowerShellTelemetry. You can enable telemetry to be sent by using Enable-PnPPowerShellTelemetry.

By setting an environment variable

To disable telemetry, set the PNPPOWERSHELL_DISABLETELEMETRY environment variable to true, i.e. by using $env:PNPPOWERSHELL_DISABLETELEMETRY=$true. Remove the entry again or set it to false to enable telemetry to be sent again.

By adding a file in your user profile folder

Alternatively, you can create an empty file called .pnppowershelltelemetry inside your home directory ($env:UserProfile on Windows, $env:HOME on Linux) not needing any content inside of the file to disable telemetry. Remove the file again to enable telemetry to be sent.