Default tracked information

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if “Turn off visits and visitor profiles” option is on, does Matomo track by default the information mentioned here?

thx!

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Hi @Maria_Nielsen

I think you mention the measurable setting… In this case, you cannot access the Visitor Log, and neither the Visitor profile screens. Probably also segmentation on user ID or Visitor ID should be also disabled.

Visits log

https://demo.matomo.cloud/index.php?module=CoreHome&action=index&idSite=1&period=day&date=yesterday#?idSite=1&period=day&date=yesterday&category=General_Visitors&subcategory=Live_VisitorLog

Real Time

https://demo.matomo.cloud/index.php?module=CoreHome&action=index&idSite=1&period=day&date=yesterday#?idSite=1&period=day&date=yesterday&category=General_Visitors&subcategory=General_RealTime

Users

https://demo.matomo.cloud/index.php?module=CoreHome&action=index&idSite=1&period=day&date=yesterday#?idSite=1&period=day&date=yesterday&category=General_Visitors&subcategory=UserId_UserReportTitle

User profile

https://demo.matomo.cloud/index.php?module=CoreHome&action=index&idSite=1&period=day&date=yesterday#?period=day&date=yesterday&idSite=1&category=General_Visitors&subcategory=UserId_UserReportTitle&popover=RowAction$3AvisitorDetails$3Amodule$3DLive$26action$3DgetVisitorProfilePopup$26visitorId$3Dd80a0702589c014a

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This is an interesting point, especially for understanding what Matomo collects by default. I think clarifying the difference between default tracking and the settings controlled by the administrator would make this easier to understand.

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Yes—when “Turn off visits and visitor profiles” is enabled, Matomo won’t track visitor-level visit/profile data. Some aggregated data may still be collected depending on your setup.