Disable Nvidia Drivers Telemetry on Windows
When installing Nvidia game ready display drivers, Nvidia generously grants itself literally root access (wording from Nvidia itself) to your system. If you like me don't like this very much here is how you remove this.
The following informations are based on:
- Nvidia WHQL Driver 581.29 as of September 2025
- Windows 11 Home 24H2 26100.4946
How to Check if Nvidia Root Container for Telemetry is Installed
Open Windows services panel, i.e. as follows:
Press Ctrl + r
Type services.msc
Look for services with NVIDIA in its name. I had three of them:
| Display Name | Service Name | Description | Path to Exe-File |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA Display Container LS | NVDisplay.ContainerLocalSystem | Container service for NVIDIA root features | See below |
| NVIDIA FrameView SDK service | FvSvc | NVIDIA FrameView SDK service | See below |
| NVIDIA LocalSystem Container | NvContainerLocalSystem | Container service for NVIDIA root features | See below |
NVIDIA Display Container LS Path to Exe-File
C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\nv_dispi.inf_amd64_6cdc9372d41a2731\Display.NvContainer\NVDisplay.Container.exe -s NVDisplay.ContainerLocalSystem -f C:\ProgramData\NVIDIA\NVDisplay.ContainerLocalSystem.log -l 3 -d C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\nv_dispi.inf_amd64_6cdc9372d41a2731\Display.NvContainer\ plugins\LocalSystem -r -p 30000 -cfg NVDisplay.ContainerLocalSystem\LocalSystem /ert
NVIDIA FrameView SDK service Path to Exe-File
"C:\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\FrameViewSDK\nvfvsdksvc_x64.exe" -service
NVIDIA LocalSystem Container Path to Exe-File
"C:\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\NvContainer\nvcontainer.exe" -s NvContainerLocalSystem -a -f "C:\ProgramData\NVIDIA\NvContainerLocalSystem.log" -l 3 -d "C:\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\NvContainer\plugins\LocalSystem" -r -p 30000 -st "C:\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\NvContainer\NvContainerTelemetryApi.dll" -ert
As you can see the NVIDIA LocalSystem Container service contains a path to a telemetry API DLL located at:
C:\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\NvContainer\NvContainerTelemetryApi.dll
Uninstall Telemetry Container
Run Terminal as Administrator:
Execute command:
rundll32 "C:\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\Installer2\InstallerCore\NVI2.DLL",UninstallPackage NvTelemetryContainer
Disable Service NVIDIA LocalSystem Container
Open Windows services panel, i.e. as follows:
Press Ctrl + r
Type services.msc
Find this service:
| Display Name | Service Name |
|---|---|
| NVIDIA LocalSystem Container | NvContainerLocalSystem |
Double click it and click on Stop. Then set the start type to disabled.
Sources and Further Reading
https://boxthislap.org/disable-nvidia-telemetry-tracking-on-windows/
