Is "Disable Chrome Usage Reporting" safe to switch on?

A safe privacy setting. The main cost: Chrome shows the setting as managed by your organization.

Switch the tweak off in Frozen Tweaks. Switching it off puts back exactly what was there before, value for value.

Is "Disable Chrome Usage Reporting" free in Frozen Tweaks?

It is part of Frozen Pro and Elite. You can also make the change by hand with the values on this page.

MetricsReportingEnabled 0: turning off Chrome usage statistics and crash reports by policy

Frost LIVESecurityProUndo: YesUpdated Oct 8, 2026View as Markdown

Short answer

Updated Oct 8, 2026

Chrome can send usage statistics and crash reports to Google. The MetricsReportingEnabled policy set to 0 turns that off for the whole PC. In the registry it sets MetricsReportingEnabled to 0 under HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Google\Chrome.

In the app

Disable Chrome Usage ReportingPRO

Registry

HKLMSOFTWARE\Policies\Google\Chrome

MetricsReportingEnabledYour previous value0

What the switch writes. Your current value may differ.

What it does

Chrome can send usage statistics and crash reports to Google. The MetricsReportingEnabled policy set to 0 turns that off for the whole PC.

In the app the switch is called "Disable Chrome Usage Reporting", described there as: Sets the Chrome policy that stops usage statistics and crash reports from being sent (Chrome shows it as managed).

When it helps, and when it hurts

When it helps

Privacy for Chrome users.

When it hurts

Chrome shows the setting as managed by your organization.

What it writes

Exactly what the switch changes, read from the app's source. Switching it off is what the app writes when you turn the tweak off again.

Registry values the switch writes.
Key and value	With the tweak	Switching it off
HKLMSOFTWARE\Policies\Google\ChromeMetricsReportingEnabled	0	Your previous valueSaved before the change, or deleted if there was none.

From the app's source (pack_extra.hpp), app 2.0.0, checked Oct 8, 2026.

The same change by hand

You do not need the app for this one. These commands make the changes from the table above. Run them in a Command Prompt opened as administrator, and make a restore point first.

Make the change · CMD

reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Google\Chrome" /v "MetricsReportingEnabled" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f

See what it is set to now · CMD

reg query "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Google\Chrome" /v "MetricsReportingEnabled"

How to undo it

In the app: Yes

Switching it off puts back exactly what was there before, value for value.

Switch the tweak off in Frozen Tweaks. The app saved what each value was before the change and writes exactly that back, or removes the value if it did not exist.

Changing several settings at once? The app's Make a restore point button, on every plan, makes a Windows restore point before you start.

Verdict

A safe privacy setting.

Questions

What does the "Disable Chrome Usage Reporting" tweak change in Windows?: In the registry it sets MetricsReportingEnabled to 0 under HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Google\Chrome.
Is "Disable Chrome Usage Reporting" safe to switch on?: A safe privacy setting. The main cost: Chrome shows the setting as managed by your organization.
How do I undo it?: Switch the tweak off in Frozen Tweaks. Switching it off puts back exactly what was there before, value for value.
Is "Disable Chrome Usage Reporting" free in Frozen Tweaks?: It is part of Frozen Pro and Elite. You can also make the change by hand with the values on this page.

In the app