'Basic' sends Microsoft 'only info about your device, its settings and capabilities, and whether it is performing properly.' 'Full' sends all that plus 'info about the websites you browse and how you use apps and features' - which sound a lot like Activity History cloud syncing.īut it's probably not the same thing. The telemetry data - how your machine is running, and so forth - is controlled by a different Settings menu, Settings > Privacy > Diagnostics and Feedback. Hoffman points out that Windows 10 still sends Microsoft's servers telemetry data about your machine whether or not you've disabled Activity History collection in Settings.
MORE: Windows 10 Will Show You Everything Microsoft Has on You So what's going on? We don't know for sure, but Chris Hoffman at How-To Geek thinks the answer is both simple and stupid: The Windows 10 Settings Activity History isn't the same as the online Privacy Dashboard Activity History.
He noted that his Activity History remained in the online Privacy Dashboard even after he pressed the 'Clear Activity History' button in his machine's Settings.
Over at our sister site TechRadar, Darren Allan was able to reproduce this issue.
