---
id: privacy-safety.how-do-i-turn-off-usage-and-crash-reports
url: https://storagestudio.us/faq/privacy-safety/how-do-i-turn-off-usage-and-crash-reports
category: "Privacy & safety"
subcategory: "What leaves your Mac"
question: "How do I turn off usage and crash reports in Storage Studio?"
alt_questions:
  - "Turn off crash reports Storage Studio"
  - "Does Storage Studio send usage data without asking in the EU?"
  - "Stop Storage Studio sending analytics"
  - "Send usage and crash reports switch"
  - "I'm in Germany, does Storage Studio collect data?"
short_answer: "Turn off Send usage and crash reports in Settings → Privacy — one switch over every optional report. It's on by default except in the EU, the UK and Switzerland, where Storage Studio asks first and sends nothing until you answer."
tags: ["privacy", "crash reports", "usage", "settings"]
related: ["https://storagestudio.us/faq/privacy-safety/where-are-the-privacy-policy-and-terms"]
applies_to: "all"
last_reviewed: 2026-10-29
---

# How do I turn off usage and crash reports in Storage Studio?

Turn off **Send usage and crash reports** in **Settings → Privacy**. It's one switch over every optional report — crash reports, performance figures, usage events and a storage summary. Storage Studio works the same with it on or off, and licence checks and updates are not affected.

- **On by default, except in the European Union, the UK and Switzerland.** There, Storage Studio asks the first time and sends nothing until you answer.
- **Turning it off** stops reports at once. Anything not yet sent is discarded, and the storage summary we held for your Mac is deleted.
- **Consent & Legal** shows your answer and when you gave it.

See [the Privacy Policy](https://storagestudio.us/legal/privacy).