Application Impact Telemetry Agent task

Settings›Privacy›Scheduler and background tasks›Application impact telemetry agent task

Recommendation

Situational

On a stable gaming system it can be disabled: the periodic background collection of information about how applications run stops.

Before a major Windows update or when investigating incompatibility, restore the original state.

Main effect

Disabling the background telemetry task

FPS and memory

See the research

What changes

The Application impact telemetry agent task is a system background task in Windows. According to its visible description in BoosterX, it periodically collects information about how applications run on the computer: application launch times, resource usage and errors. The data is used by Microsoft to improve the performance and stability of Windows and related applications. Disabling it stops this periodic collection and prevents unwanted background use of the processor and the internet.

Exceptions and differences

The task does not affect the launch, speed or stability of the applications themselves. Do not confuse it with Application impact telemetry: that toggle in the “Windows diagnostics and reports” subcategory limits the AIT mechanism itself, which accumulates data about crashes, hangs and performance problems along with their frequency and severity. This setting is a separate task in “Scheduler and background tasks”, and they are disabled independently.

How to verify the result

Launch, close and launch several applications again in a row, then let the system run for 15–20 minutes: the applications should launch and run as before, with no changes in system behavior.

How to change and revert

Open “Optimization” → “Privacy” → “Scheduler and background tasks” → “Application impact telemetry agent task” and set the toggle to “Enabled”: BoosterX will apply the disabling of the agent background task. Click “Apply”. With “Instant apply” enabled, a separate button is not required. To revert, set the toggle to “Disabled” and apply the change again: BoosterX will return Windows to its default state with the agent task running.

Confirmation

• Application impact telemetry — the paired toggle for the AIT mechanism itself.
• Research on services and background components.
• The operation of the agent background task is described according to its visible description in BoosterX; no public Microsoft documentation about the AIT agent task was found as of the verification date, so the statement remains without an external source.

Last verified: 2026-09-19.