# How to Disable Blender-MCP Telemetry Using Environment Variables

> Easily disable Blender-MCP telemetry by setting environment variables. Learn which variables to use and how to set them for complete privacy.

- Repository: [ahujasid/blender-mcp](https://github.com/ahujasid/blender-mcp)
- Tags: how-to-guide
- Published: 2026-04-13

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**To completely disable telemetry in Blender-MCP, set any of the three supported environment variables—`DISABLE_TELEMETRY`, `BLENDER_MCP_DISABLE_TELEMETRY`, or `MCP_DISABLE_TELEMETRY`—to a truthy value such as `"true"`, `"1"`, `"yes"`, or `"on"` (case-insensitive) before launching Blender or the MCP server.**

Blender-MCP, the open-source add-on that bridges Blender with AI model context protocols, provides a privacy-conscious mechanism to disable Blender-MCP telemetry before any data collection begins