DisableTelemetryVS2022.ps1

#Requires -RunAsAdministrator

# Disable telemetry in Visual Studio 2022 - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/ide/visual-studio-experience-improvement-program?view=vs-2022
New-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\VSCommon\17.0\SQM" -Name "OptIn" -Value "0" -PropertyType "DWORD" -Force

# Delete telemetry directories
Remove-Item -Path "$env:APPDATA\vstelemetry" -Recurse -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
Remove-Item -Path "$env:LOCALAPPDATA\Microsoft\VSApplicationInsights" -Recurse -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
Remove-Item -Path "$env:PROGRAMDATA\Microsoft\VSApplicationInsights" -Recurse -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
Remove-Item -Path "$env:TEMP\Microsoft\VSApplicationInsights" -Recurse -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
Remove-Item -Path "$env:TEMP\VSFaultInfo" -Recurse -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
Remove-Item -Path "$env:TEMP\VSFeedbackIntelliCodeLogs" -Recurse -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
Remove-Item -Path "$env:TEMP\VSFeedbackPerfWatsonData" -Recurse -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
Remove-Item -Path "$env:TEMP\VSFeedbackVSRTCLogs" -Recurse -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
Remove-Item -Path "$env:TEMP\VSRemoteControl" -Recurse -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
Remove-Item -Path "$env:TEMP\VSTelem" -Recurse -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
Remove-Item -Path "$env:TEMP\VSTelem.Out" -Recurse -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue

# Disable telemetry in .NET
[Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable('DOTNET_CLI_TELEMETRY_OPTOUT', '1', 'User')

# Disable telemetry in NuGet
[Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable('NUGET_TELEMETRY_OPTOUT', 'true', 'User')

# Disable Telemetry in Visual Studio - Not documented, not proofen to do anything, copied over from https://gist.github.com/stesee/b43e264a79912fe4640fdd85d492e104

# Define the registry keys
$VS_POLICIES_KEY = "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\VisualStudio"
$VS_POLICIES_FEEDBACK_KEY = "$VS_POLICIES_KEY\Feedback"
$VS_POLICIES_SQM_KEY = "$VS_POLICIES_KEY\SQM"
$VS_TELEMETRY_KEY = "HKCU:\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\Telemetry"

# Disable feedback in Visual Studio
New-ItemProperty -Path $VS_POLICIES_FEEDBACK_KEY -Name "DisableFeedbackDialog" -Value 1 -PropertyType "DWORD" -Force
New-ItemProperty -Path $VS_POLICIES_FEEDBACK_KEY -Name "DisableEmailInput" -Value 1 -PropertyType "DWORD" -Force
New-ItemProperty -Path $VS_POLICIES_FEEDBACK_KEY -Name "DisableScreenshotCapture" -Value 1 -PropertyType "DWORD" -Force

# Disable PerfWatson
New-ItemProperty -Path $VS_POLICIES_SQM_KEY -Name "OptIn" -Value 0 -PropertyType "DWORD" -Force

# Disable telemetry
New-ItemProperty -Path $VS_TELEMETRY_KEY -Name "TurnOffSwitch" -Value 1 -PropertyType "DWORD" -Force

Thank you for the easy-to-use script!
One small problem though, if the key/registry folder doesn't exist, it will just spit out errors. While its easy to fix, adding a check to make sure all registry keys exist before adding the optouts seems like a nice to have kind of thing

Run log

 bagusnl_reg  iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://gist.github.com/stesee/5401b8b1a198da20250a3669b1197f00/raw/21bdafefd5a7cd0687427dc34c23d78ca02fbafe/DisableTelemetryVS2022.ps1'))

OptIn        : 0
PSPath       : Microsoft.PowerShell.Core\Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\VSCommon\17.0\SQM
PSParentPath : Microsoft.PowerShell.Core\Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\VSCommon\17.0
PSChildName  : SQM
PSDrive      : HKLM
PSProvider   : Microsoft.PowerShell.Core\Registry

New-ItemProperty:
Line |
  34 |  New-ItemProperty -Path $VS_POLICIES_FEEDBACK_KEY -Name "DisableFeedba …
     |  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
     | Cannot find path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\VisualStudio\Feedback' because it does not exist.
New-ItemProperty:
Line |
  35 |  New-ItemProperty -Path $VS_POLICIES_FEEDBACK_KEY -Name "DisableEmailI …
     |  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
     | Cannot find path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\VisualStudio\Feedback' because it does not exist.
New-ItemProperty:
Line |
  36 |  New-ItemProperty -Path $VS_POLICIES_FEEDBACK_KEY -Name "DisableScreen …
     |  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
     | Cannot find path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\VisualStudio\Feedback' because it does not exist.
New-ItemProperty:
Line |
  39 |  New-ItemProperty -Path $VS_POLICIES_SQM_KEY -Name "OptIn" -Value 0 -P …
     |  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
     | Cannot find path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\VisualStudio\SQM' because it does not exist.
TurnOffSwitch : 1
PSPath        : Microsoft.PowerShell.Core\Registry::HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\Telemetry
PSParentPath  : Microsoft.PowerShell.Core\Registry::HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio
PSChildName   : Telemetry
PSDrive       : HKCU
PSProvider    : Microsoft.PowerShell.Core\Registry

your right... but.the keys should exist anyway after you installed vs.