# telemetry (/docs/cli/telemetry)

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Show, enable, or disable anonymous CLI telemetry.

Location: CLI > telemetry

Use `telemetry` commands to inspect and change anonymous CLI telemetry. Telemetry is on by default.

## Usage [#usage]

  

#### bun

```bash
bunx prisma telemetry status
```

#### pnpm

```bash
pnpm prisma telemetry status
```

#### yarn

```bash
yarn prisma telemetry status
```

#### npm

```bash
npx prisma telemetry status
```

## Commands [#commands]

| Command             | Description                                             |
| ------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------- |
| `telemetry status`  | Show whether anonymous CLI telemetry is enabled and why |
| `telemetry enable`  | Enable anonymous CLI telemetry                          |
| `telemetry disable` | Disable anonymous CLI telemetry                         |

## Where the preference is stored [#where-the-preference-is-stored]

`telemetry enable` and `telemetry disable` write `config.json` in the CLI's config directory: `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/prisma/` if that variable is set, otherwise `~/.config/prisma/` on macOS and Linux and `%APPDATA%\prisma\` on Windows. The same file holds the random installation id that the first enabled telemetry run creates, right after it prints the notice. `telemetry status` prints the path it is using. The ORM commands mounted in the unified CLI share this preference; there is no second store to change.

## Environment variables [#environment-variables]

`PRISMA_DISABLE_TELEMETRY=1` and `DO_NOT_TRACK=1` turn telemetry off for the current CLI invocation. If you set them in a shell profile or CI configuration, they apply to every `prisma` run in that environment. The full list, and what to rename if you set `PRISMA_NEXT_*` variables for the early `prisma-next` command, is on [Environment variables](https://www.prisma.io/docs/cli/environment-variables).

## Related pages

- [`auth`](https://www.prisma.io/docs/cli/auth): Sign in to your Prisma account from the CLI, sign out, and manage workspace sessions.
- [`branch`](https://www.prisma.io/docs/cli/branch): List platform branches for a project.
- [`bucket`](https://www.prisma.io/docs/cli/bucket): Create and manage object-store buckets.
- [`Configuration`](https://www.prisma.io/docs/cli/configuration): Configure Prisma ORM CLI commands with prisma.config.ts and global flags.
- [`contract emit`](https://www.prisma.io/docs/cli/contract-emit): Emit Prisma ORM contract artifacts.