Configure Telemetry Options
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Compass collects anonymous aggregated usage data to improve MongoDB products. Compass collects this information by default, but you can disable this data collection.
About this Task
Compass telemetry tracks the following data:
The type of MongoDB deployment that you connect Compass to. For example, Enterprise Edition, Community Edition, or Atlas Data Lake.
Hostnames of the deployments that you connect Compass to.
Actions that you perform in Compass, such as creating collections and indexes. Telemetry only tracks the general action performed, and does not track field values or namespaces.
Anonymized queries run in Compass. These queries are stored such that they cannot be associated to individual users.
Errors.
Compass does not track:
IP addresses, usernames, or credentials
Data stored in your MongoDB deployment
Personal identifiable information
For more information, see MongoDB's Privacy Policy.
Tip
Compass Isolated Edition automatically disables telemetry. For more information on different Compass editions, see Capabilities of Compass Editions.
Steps
You can toggle telemetry in either:
Settings Window
To toggle telemetry from the Compass settings:
Command Line
To disable telemetry from the command line, start Compass with
the --no-trackUsageStatistics option.
<path-to-Compass-executable> --no-trackUsageStatistics
Note
The name and filepath of the Compass executable depend on your operating system. For more information, see Compass Executable Location.
Configuration File
To disable telemetry from the Compass configuration file, set
trackUsageStatistics to false.
EJSON
{ "trackUsageStatistics": false }
YAML
trackUsageStatistics: false