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by nullfield 736 days ago
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/privacy/manage-con...

is about as close as we get.

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If you search the page for telemetry you will notice that you have to create a non existing Registry key, under the promise many services will stop working...

Also: "Services Configuration is used by Windows components and apps, such as the telemetry service, to dynamically update their configuration. If you turn off this service, apps using this service may stop working."

But they are referring to telemetry as in updating apps metadata so using weasel words.

It just ways to manage and minimize telemetry data Windows 10 and Windows 11 send to Microsoft, focusing on settings, Group Policies, and registry configurations. It explicitly states that certain data connections,cannot be disabled. This implies that completely removing telemetry is impossible.

They are also known to re-enable these settings with each Windows Update....

It doesn't show how to disable all of it, only some. (Not to mention that they deliberately change things between upgrades so your setting may or may not work tomorrow.)