Is "Disable NVIDIA Telemetry/Containers" safe to switch on?

Too aggressive for most players. If you open the control panel or record with NVIDIA's tools, do not use it. The main cost: The NVIDIA Control Panel can refuse to open, and the NVIDIA app, ShadowPlay recording and the overlay stop working, because the display container hosts them.

Is "Disable NVIDIA Telemetry/Containers" 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.

NvContainerLocalSystem and NVIDIA telemetry: which NVIDIA services can you disable?

Frost LIVEDebloatProUndo: One-wayUpdated Oct 8, 2026View as Markdown

Short answer

Updated Oct 8, 2026

The NVIDIA driver installs container services that host the control panel, the NVIDIA app and telemetry. This tweak stops and disables the LocalSystem containers and the telemetry container. It sets the NvContainerLocalSystem, NvDisplay.ContainerLocalSystem, NvTelemetryContainer services to Disabled.

In the app

Disable NVIDIA Telemetry/ContainersPRO

Service

NvContainerLocalSystem NVIDIA LocalSystem Container

Startup typeDisabledDisabled

What the switch writes. Your current value may differ. 2 more changes below.

What it does

The NVIDIA driver installs container services that host the control panel, the NVIDIA app and telemetry. This tweak stops and disables the LocalSystem containers and the telemetry container.

In the app the switch is called "Disable NVIDIA Telemetry/Containers", described there as: Stops NvContainer/NvTelemetry services and prevents their background tasks.

When it helps, and when it hurts

When it helps

Trimming NVIDIA's background processes on a PC that only needs the driver itself.

When it hurts

The NVIDIA Control Panel can refuse to open, and the NVIDIA app, ShadowPlay recording and the overlay stop working, because the display container hosts them.
It is one-way in the app: a driver reinstall or switching the services back on by hand restores them.

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.

Windows services the switch changes: their startup type.
Service	With the tweak	Switching it off
NvContainerLocalSystemNVIDIA LocalSystem ContainerSwitching the tweak off does not change it back.	Disabled	Disabled
NvDisplay.ContainerLocalSystemNVIDIA Display Container LSSwitching the tweak off does not change it back.	Disabled	Disabled
NvTelemetryContainerNVIDIA Telemetry ContainerSwitching the tweak off does not change it back.	Disabled	Disabled

From the app's source (nvidia_telemetry_off.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

sc config "NvContainerLocalSystem" start= disabled
sc config "NvDisplay.ContainerLocalSystem" start= disabled
sc config "NvTelemetryContainer" start= disabled

How to undo it

In the app: One-way

Switching it off doesn't turn these services back on. Do that in Windows Services.

This tweak is one-way in the app: switching it off does not put things back. Switching it off doesn't turn these services back on. Do that in Windows Services.

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

Too aggressive for most players. If you open the control panel or record with NVIDIA's tools, do not use it.

Questions

What does the "Disable NVIDIA Telemetry/Containers" tweak change in Windows?: It sets the NvContainerLocalSystem, NvDisplay.ContainerLocalSystem, NvTelemetryContainer services to Disabled. The full list is in the table on this page, read from the app's source.
Is "Disable NVIDIA Telemetry/Containers" safe to switch on?: Too aggressive for most players. If you open the control panel or record with NVIDIA's tools, do not use it. The main cost: The NVIDIA Control Panel can refuse to open, and the NVIDIA app, ShadowPlay recording and the overlay stop working, because the display container hosts them.
How do I undo it?: In the app this one is one-way. Switching it off doesn't turn these services back on. Do that in Windows Services.
Is "Disable NVIDIA Telemetry/Containers" 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