Send required and optional diagnostic data about browser usage

This policy controls sending required and optional diagnostic data about browser usage to Microsoft.

Required diagnostic data is collected keep Microsoft Edge secure, up to date and performing as expected.

Optional diagnostic data includes data about how you use the browser, websites you visit and crash reports to Microsoft for product and service improvement.

This policy is not supported on Windows 10 devices. To control this data collection on Windows 10, IT admins must use the Windows diagnostic data group policy. This policy will either be 'Allow Telemetry' or 'Allow Diagnostic Data', depending on the version of Windows. Learn more about Windows 10 diagnostic data collection: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2099569

Use one of the following settings to configure this policy:

'Off' turns off required and optional diagnostic data collection. This option is not recommended.

'RequiredData' sends required diagnostic data but turns off optional diagnostic data collection. Microsoft Edge will send required diagnostic data to keep Microsoft Edge secure, up to date and performing as expected.

'OptionalData' sends optional diagnostic data includes data about browser usage, websites that are visited, crash reports sent to Microsoft for product and service improvement.

On Windows 7/macOS, this policy controls sending required and optional data to Microsoft.

If you don't configure this policy or disable it, Microsoft Edge will default to the user's preference.

Policy options mapping:

* Off (0) = Off (Not recommended)

* RequiredData (1) = Required data

* OptionalData (2) = Optional data

Use the preceding information when configuring this policy.

Send required and optional diagnostic data about browser usage

0. Off (Not recommended)
   

   Registry Hive	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE or HKEY_CURRENT_USER
   Registry Path	Software\Policies\Microsoft\Edge
   Value Name	DiagnosticData
   Value Type	REG_DWORD
   Value	0

1. Required data
   

   Registry Hive	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE or HKEY_CURRENT_USER
   Registry Path	Software\Policies\Microsoft\Edge
   Value Name	DiagnosticData
   Value Type	REG_DWORD
   Value	1

2. Optional data
   

   Registry Hive	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE or HKEY_CURRENT_USER
   Registry Path	Software\Policies\Microsoft\Edge
   Value Name	DiagnosticData
   Value Type	REG_DWORD
   Value	2