# 10se1ucgo/disablewintracking

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4,912 stars · 366 forks · Python · LGPL-3.0 · archived

## Links

- GitHub: https://github.com/10se1ucgo/DisableWinTracking
- awesome-repositories: https://awesome-repositories.com/repository/10se1ucgo-disablewintracking.md

## Description

DisableWinTracking is a privacy hardening tool and telemetry blocker for Windows 10. It reduces data collection and disables diagnostic reporting through the modification of system services and registry keys.

The project includes a dedicated utility for removing the OneDrive cloud storage client and cleaning its associated registry entries from the file explorer. It further manages network privacy by updating the system hosts file and configuring firewall rules to block communication with tracking servers.

The tool covers broader system debloating and privacy management, including the disabling of data sharing settings across wireless networking, security software, and game recording tools.

## Tags

### Security & Cryptography

- [Privacy Hardening Tools](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/security-cryptography/privacy-hardening-tools.md) — Provides a suite of utilities to disable telemetry, tracking, and diagnostic services for Windows privacy hardening.
- [Tracking Traffic Blocking](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/security-cryptography/malicious-traffic-blocking/tracking-traffic-blocking.md) — Prevents communication with tracking servers using hosts file updates and firewall rules. ([source](https://github.com/10se1ucgo/disablewintracking#readme))
- [Network Traffic Filtering](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/security-cryptography/network-traffic-filtering.md) — Implements network traffic filtering via hosts file and firewall configurations to prevent tracking.
- [Telemetry Blocking](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/security-cryptography/privacy-and-ad-blocking/telemetry-blocking.md) — Disables system telemetry and diagnostic reporting through registry modifications and log clearing. ([source](https://github.com/10se1ucgo/disablewintracking#readme))
- [Telemetry Blockers](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/security-cryptography/telemetry-blockers.md) — Blocks diagnostic reporting and stops background services used for system-wide tracking.

### Development Tools & Productivity

- [Telemetry Controls](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/development-tools-productivity/telemetry-controls.md) — Provides mechanisms to disable or remove system services responsible for collecting diagnostics and user activity. ([source](https://github.com/10se1ucgo/disablewintracking#readme))
- [Privacy Managers](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/development-tools-productivity/system-settings-managers/privacy-managers.md) — Manages privacy-related system configurations by disabling data sharing in wireless networking and security software. ([source](https://github.com/10se1ucgo/disablewintracking#readme))

### DevOps & Infrastructure

- [Windows Service Disablers](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/devops-infrastructure/background-services/background-service-isolation/background-service-disablers/windows-service-disablers.md) — Stops and disables non-essential Windows background services used for data collection and diagnostic reporting.

### System Administration & Monitoring

- [Firewall Rule Configurations](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/system-administration-monitoring/firewall-rule-configurations.md) — Configures system-level firewall rules to block telemetry data transmission to external endpoints.
- [Hosts File Managers](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/system-administration-monitoring/hosts-file-managers.md) — Manages the system hosts file to block communication with known tracking and telemetry servers.
- [Local Host File Management](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/system-administration-monitoring/local-host-file-management.md) — Automates the modification of the system hosts file to redirect tracking domains to a local loopback address.
- [Telemetry Reduction](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/system-administration-monitoring/logging-and-telemetry/telemetry-reduction.md) — Reduces system telemetry by stopping the background collection of user activity and logs.
- [System Registry Manipulation](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/system-administration-monitoring/system-file-manipulation/system-registry-manipulation.md) — Modifies Windows registry keys to disable telemetry settings and remove application associations from the file explorer.
- [Windows Debloating Scripts](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/system-administration-monitoring/system-registry-managers/registry-manipulation-scripts/windows-optimization-scripts/windows-debloating-scripts.md) — Provides automated scripts to remove pre-installed apps and services to streamline Windows 10 installations.
- [OneDrive Uninstallers](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/system-administration-monitoring/application-uninstallers/onedrive-uninstallers.md) — Includes a dedicated utility to completely uninstall the OneDrive sync client and its associated services. ([source](https://github.com/10se1ucgo/disablewintracking#readme))
- [Pre-installed App Removals](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/system-administration-monitoring/integrated-application-removals/windows-application-removals/pre-installed-app-removals.md) — Provides capabilities to remove pre-installed cloud storage applications and their associated binaries from the system.