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IntelliJ disable usage statistics / data sharing via configuration file

The Option to disable data sharing can be changed at any time by the user:

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I want to disable this setting by default for a managed installation of IntelliJ IDEA, ideally via configuration file or registry setting. How can I do this? I could not find any registry setting or configuration setting so far.

Solution

  • This option is already disabled by default.

    The state of the option is stored in the /consentOptions/accepted file under the data directory which is platform specific.

    On Windows that would be C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Roaming\JetBrains\consentOptions\accepted.

    When the option is enabled, the file will contain something like this:

    thrd.plugins:1.0:0:1525589497351;rsch.send.usage.stat:1.1:1:1551998109388

    and the following with the option disabled:

    thrd.plugins:1.0:0:1525589497351;rsch.send.usage.stat:1.1:0:1551998064076

    The format is as follows:

    rsch.send.usage.stat:<version>:<enabled>:<timestamp>

    You can learn more from the ConsentOptions.java source code.