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| `true` | `true`, `false` | Boolean |
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- **Description:** Send usage statistics and crash reports to Docker. If set to
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`false`, Docker Desktop doesn't send usage statistics to Docker.
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- **Description:** Controls whether Docker Desktop collects and sends local
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usage statistics and crash reports to Docker. This setting affects telemetry
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gathered from the Docker Desktop application itself. It does not affect
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server-side telemetry collected via Docker Hub or other backend services, such
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as login timestamps, pulls, or builds.
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- **OS:** {{< badge color=blue text="All" >}}
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- **Use case:** Enable analytics to help Docker improve the product based on
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usage data.
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- **Use case:** Manage telemetry collection for compliance, privacy, or
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visibility in dashboards like Docker Insights.
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- **Configure this setting with:**
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- **General** settings in [Docker Desktop GUI](/manuals/desktop/settings-and-maintenance/settings.md)
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- Settings Management: `analyticsEnabled` setting in the [`admin-settings.json` file](/manuals/security/for-admins/hardened-desktop/settings-management/configure-json-file.md)
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- Settings Management: **Send usage statistics** setting in the [Admin Console](/manuals/security/for-admins/hardened-desktop/settings-management/configure-admin-console.md)
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> [!NOTE]
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> Organizations using the Insights Dashboard may need this setting enabled to
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ensure that developer activity is fully visible. If users opt out and the
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setting is not locked, their activity may be excluded from analytics
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views.
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### Use Enhanced Container Isolation
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| Default value | Accepted values | Format |

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