SOLVED: What is Microsoft Compatibility Telemetry & How To Stop It Permanently

What is Microsoft Compatibility Telemetry?

Microsoft Compatibility Telemetry is a program built into Windows to collect statistics on how a your computer and its program are operating. It reports the to Microsoft who can then try to tweak their software (usually the operating system, like Windows 10 or 11) in future patches to make your computer run better.

Microsoft Compatibility Telemetry typically only runs for a few minutes at a time and does not noticeably effect your computers performance. However, you can see in the TASK MANAGER screenshot below that Microsoft Compatibility Telemetry can use a substantial amount of CPU, Memory and which leads to high electricity consumption.

Stop Microsoft Compatibility Telemetry Permanently

Yes, you can END TASK on Microsoft Compatibility Telemetry but then you have to disable it. As you can see in this screenshot, Microsoft Compatibility Telemetry is the display name for %SystemRoot%\system32\compattelrunner.exe and it runs when triggered via TASK SCHEDULER:

1. Click the START button and launch TASK SCHEDULER
2. Expand TASK SCHEDULER LIBRARY > MICROSOFT > WINDOWS > APPLICATION EXPERIENCE
3. Right click on MICROSOFT COMPATIBILITY APPRAISER
4. Select DISABLE

Then you need to disable tracking services and disable telemetry in the registry and if you don’t it will enable Microsoft Compatibility Telemetry.

Open an CMD Prompt (or PowerShell or Windows Terminal) as an Administrator and enter:

sc delete DiagTrack
sc delete dmwappushservice

reg add HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\DataCollection /v AllowTelemetry /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f