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# How to turn off Samsung's Diagnostic Data Collection
- URL: https://www.techloy.com/how-to-turn-off-samsungs-diagnostic-data-collection/
- Published: 2025-07-02T11:24:30.000Z
- Updated: 2025-07-02T11:24:30.000Z
- Description: Want to limit what your Samsung phone knows about you? Learn how to stop automatic diagnostic data sharing with this quick setting.
- Author: Oyinebiladou Omemu
- Tags: / Tech Guide, Samsung Galaxy Phone, Data Privacy

Your [Samsung Galaxy phone](https://www.techloy.com/tag/samsung-galaxy-phone/) knows a lot about how you use it. Every time your battery drains too fast, an app crashes, or your device heats up, Samsung might be collecting diagnostic data in the background. This includes aspects such as your phone’s hardware health, software performance, and usage patterns.

This data is collected to improve user experience by fixing bugs and optimizing future updates. But while the information is supposedly anonymous, not everyone is comfortable with their phone silently reporting back to Samsung. 

If you suffer privacy paranoia, you can always turn the feature off. Unless you’re actively troubleshooting an issue with Samsung support, disabling diagnostic data collection won’t affect your phone’s performance. If anything, it’s one less background process eating up resources. In this guide, we will show you how to turn off the diagnostic data collection.

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## How to turn off Diagnostic Data Collection on Samsung

### Step 1: Go to settings on your Device and select Privacy. You may see it on your device as Security and Privacy. 

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/c1/a6/c1a6d111-d951-41ad-a392-c1e841210b93/content/images/2025/07/Screenshot_20250702-080309_Settings-1.png)

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On some devices, you may see More Privacy settings. Otherwise, just proceed to the next step.

### Step 2: Try toggling off the Send Diagnostic data button.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/c1/a6/c1a6d111-d951-41ad-a392-c1e841210b93/content/images/2025/07/Screenshot_20250702-080429_Settings-1.png)

### Step 3: You'll get a menu containing the terms, uncheck agreeing and select Ok. 

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/c1/a6/c1a6d111-d951-41ad-a392-c1e841210b93/content/images/2025/07/Screenshot_20250702-080403_Settings-1.png)

- This will toggle off the button.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/c1/a6/c1a6d111-d951-41ad-a392-c1e841210b93/content/images/2025/07/Screenshot_20250702-080340_Settings.png)

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### Conclusion

Turning off diagnostic data won’t magically make your phone faster or more secure, but it does give you more control over what your device shares with Samsung. If you’re someone who prefers keeping data collection to a minimum, this is an easy way to limit what gets sent out.

That said, if you ever run into major issues (like constant crashes or battery problems), re-enabling diagnostics might help Samsung pinpoint the cause faster. 

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