Opting Out of Sentry

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Some products, applications, and utilities allow you to opt out of sharing crash logging and anonymous usage data with Jamf. The following table details how to opt out for each one if applicable:

Jamf Product, Application, or UtilityHow to Opt Out
Jamf ProN/A—cannot opt out
Self Service for macOS, Jamf Management Framework

  1. Create a policy to execute a script with the following command:

    defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.jamfsoftware.jamf.plist DATA_COLLECTION [value]
    Possible values include the following:

    • ALL—Allow all data to be sent.

    • CRASH_REPORTS—Opt out of sending data except crash reports.

    • NONE—Opt out of sending all data.

  2. Scope the policy to computers that you do not want to share crash logging or anonymous usage data with Jamf.

Jamf Connect login window applicationN/A—cannot opt out
Jamf Connect ConfigurationN/A—cannot opt out
Jamf NowN/A—cannot opt out
Jamf ParentN/A—cannot opt out
Jamf School TeacherN/A—cannot opt out
Jamf School StudentN/A—cannot opt out
Composer

  1. Create a policy to execute a script with the following command:

    defaults write ~/Library/Preferences/com.jamfsoftware.Composer.plist DATA_COLLECTION 'NONE'

  2. Scope the policy to computers that you do not want to share crash logging or anonymous usage data with Jamf.

You can opt managed computers back in to sharing crash logging and anonymous usage data collection with Jamf at any time by executing a script via a policy with the following command:
defaults delete /Library/Preferences/com.jamfsoftware.jamf.plist DATA_COLLECTION
To opt back in for Composer, replace /Library/Preferences/com.jamfsoftware.jamf.plist in the above example with ~/Library/Preferences/com.jamfsoftware.Composer.plist.