The anaconda-anon-usage package enables Anaconda to collect anonymous usage data and is installed with Anaconda Distribution and Miniconda. The package augments the request header data that conda delivers to package servers during index and package requests. The three randomly generated tokens used for this process are designed to reveal no personal identifying information.
For more specific information on how anaconda-anon-usage works, see the package’s public Readme file on Github.
The anaconda-anon-usage package is not a dependency of conda itself and Anaconda only wishes to collect data associated with usage of Anaconda products. If you exclusively use community installers like Miniforge and community channels like conda-forge, you are not affected by this package.

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Disabling the package

There are two main methods to disabling the anaconda-anon-usage package:
  • Set the anaconda_anon_usage configuration to false in your .condarc file
  • Set the CONDA_ANACONDA_ANON_USAGE environment variable to no
  1. Open Anaconda Prompt (Terminal on macOS/Linux).
  2. Disable anaconda-anon-usage by running the following command: 
    conda config --set anaconda_anon_usage off
To re-enable anaconda-anon-usage, run the following command:
conda config --set anaconda_anon_usage on
For more information on updating your .condarc file, see Using the .condarc conda configuration file in the conda documentation.