diff --git a/.github/actions/spelling/patterns.txt b/.github/actions/spelling/patterns.txt
index 6cf1760181..74ab869cb3 100644
--- a/.github/actions/spelling/patterns.txt
+++ b/.github/actions/spelling/patterns.txt
@@ -32,4 +32,4 @@ El proyecto .* diferentes
 http://rfc3161.gtm.corp.microsoft.com/TSS/HttpTspServer
 
 # schema regex
-"pattern": .*$
\ No newline at end of file
+"pattern": .*$
diff --git a/src/AppInstallerCommonCore/AppInstallerTelemetry.cpp b/src/AppInstallerCommonCore/AppInstallerTelemetry.cpp
index d0d4cce4f9..965d71445f 100644
--- a/src/AppInstallerCommonCore/AppInstallerTelemetry.cpp
+++ b/src/AppInstallerCommonCore/AppInstallerTelemetry.cpp
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #include "Public/AppInstallerRuntime.h"
 #include "Public/AppInstallerSHA256.h"
 #include "Public/AppInstallerStrings.h"
+#include "winget/UserSettings.h"
 
 #define AICLI_TraceLoggingStringView(_sv_,_name_) TraceLoggingCountedUtf8String(_sv_.data(), static_cast<ULONG>(_sv_.size()), _name_)
 
@@ -34,18 +35,10 @@ namespace AppInstaller::Logging
     {
         static const uint32_t s_RootExecutionId = 0;
 
-        // Used to disable telemetry on the fly.
-        std::atomic_bool s_isTelemetryEnabled{ true };
-
         std::atomic_uint32_t s_executionStage{ 0 };
 
         std::atomic_uint32_t s_subExecutionId{ s_RootExecutionId };
 
-        bool IsTelemetryEnabled()
-        {
-            return g_IsTelemetryProviderEnabled && s_isTelemetryEnabled;
-        }
-
         void __stdcall wilResultLoggingCallback(const wil::FailureInfo& info) noexcept
         {
             Telemetry().LogFailure(info);
@@ -67,7 +60,10 @@ namespace AppInstaller::Logging
 
     TelemetryTraceLogger::TelemetryTraceLogger()
     {
+        // TODO: Needs to be made a singleton registration/removal in the future
         RegisterTraceLogging();
+
+        m_isSettingEnabled = !Settings::User().Get<Settings::Setting::TelemetryDisable>();
     }
 
     TelemetryTraceLogger::~TelemetryTraceLogger()
@@ -81,6 +77,16 @@ namespace AppInstaller::Logging
         return instance;
     }
 
+    bool TelemetryTraceLogger::DisableRuntime()
+    {
+        return m_isRuntimeEnabled.exchange(false);
+    }
+
+    void TelemetryTraceLogger::EnableRuntime()
+    {
+        m_isRuntimeEnabled = true;
+    }
+
     void TelemetryTraceLogger::LogFailure(const wil::FailureInfo& failure) const noexcept
     {
         if (IsTelemetryEnabled())
@@ -500,6 +506,11 @@ namespace AppInstaller::Logging
         }
     }
 
+    bool TelemetryTraceLogger::IsTelemetryEnabled() const noexcept
+    {
+        return g_IsTelemetryProviderEnabled && m_isSettingEnabled && m_isRuntimeEnabled;
+    }
+
 #ifndef AICLI_DISABLE_TEST_HOOKS
     static std::shared_ptr<TelemetryTraceLogger> s_TelemetryTraceLogger_TestOverride;
 #endif
@@ -523,14 +534,14 @@ namespace AppInstaller::Logging
 
     DisableTelemetryScope::DisableTelemetryScope()
     {
-        m_token = s_isTelemetryEnabled.exchange(false);
+        m_token = Telemetry().DisableRuntime();
     }
 
     DisableTelemetryScope::~DisableTelemetryScope()
     {
         if (m_token)
         {
-            s_isTelemetryEnabled = true;
+            Telemetry().EnableRuntime();
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/AppInstallerCommonCore/Public/AppInstallerTelemetry.h b/src/AppInstallerCommonCore/Public/AppInstallerTelemetry.h
index 3eadd93380..4564819481 100644
--- a/src/AppInstallerCommonCore/Public/AppInstallerTelemetry.h
+++ b/src/AppInstallerCommonCore/Public/AppInstallerTelemetry.h
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ namespace AppInstaller::Logging
         // Gets the singleton instance of this type.
         static TelemetryTraceLogger& GetInstance();
 
+        // Control whether this trace logger is enabled at runtime.
+        bool DisableRuntime();
+        void EnableRuntime();
+
         // Logs the failure info.
         void LogFailure(const wil::FailureInfo& failure) const noexcept;
 
@@ -112,6 +116,11 @@ namespace AppInstaller::Logging
 
     protected:
         TelemetryTraceLogger();
+
+        bool IsTelemetryEnabled() const noexcept;
+
+        bool m_isSettingEnabled = true;
+        std::atomic_bool m_isRuntimeEnabled{ true };
     };
 
     // Helper to make the call sites look clean.
diff --git a/src/AppInstallerCommonCore/Public/winget/UserSettings.h b/src/AppInstallerCommonCore/Public/winget/UserSettings.h
index 37a9230a61..088c7a3a28 100644
--- a/src/AppInstallerCommonCore/Public/winget/UserSettings.h
+++ b/src/AppInstallerCommonCore/Public/winget/UserSettings.h
@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@
 #include <variant>
 #include <vector>
 
+using namespace std::chrono_literals;
+using namespace std::string_view_literals;
+
 namespace AppInstaller::Settings
 {
-    using namespace std::chrono_literals;
-    using namespace std::string_view_literals;
-
     // The type of argument.
     enum class UserSettingsType
     {
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ namespace AppInstaller::Settings
         EFUninstall,
         EFImport,
         EFExport,
+        TelemetryDisable,
         Max
     };
 
@@ -91,6 +92,7 @@ namespace AppInstaller::Settings
         SETTINGMAPPING_SPECIALIZATION(Setting::EFUninstall, bool, bool, false, ".experimentalFeatures.uninstall"sv);
         SETTINGMAPPING_SPECIALIZATION(Setting::EFImport, bool, bool, false, ".experimentalFeatures.import"sv);
         SETTINGMAPPING_SPECIALIZATION(Setting::EFExport, bool, bool, false, ".experimentalFeatures.export"sv);
+        SETTINGMAPPING_SPECIALIZATION(Setting::TelemetryDisable, bool, bool, false, ".telemetry.disable"sv);
 
         // Used to deduce the SettingVariant type; making a variant that includes std::monostate and all SettingMapping types.
         template <size_t... I>
diff --git a/src/AppInstallerCommonCore/UserSettings.cpp b/src/AppInstallerCommonCore/UserSettings.cpp
index 260bb8ad24..091424e3dc 100644
--- a/src/AppInstallerCommonCore/UserSettings.cpp
+++ b/src/AppInstallerCommonCore/UserSettings.cpp
@@ -151,6 +151,14 @@ namespace AppInstaller::Settings
 
     namespace details
     {
+        // Stamps out a validate function that simply returns the input value.
+#define WINGET_VALIDATE_PASS_THROUGH(_setting_) \
+        std::optional<SettingMapping<Setting::_setting_>::value_t> \
+        SettingMapping<Setting::_setting_>::Validate(const SettingMapping<Setting::_setting_>::json_t& value) \
+        { \
+            return value; \
+        }
+
         std::optional<SettingMapping<Setting::AutoUpdateTimeInMinutes>::value_t>
         SettingMapping<Setting::AutoUpdateTimeInMinutes>::Validate(const SettingMapping<Setting::AutoUpdateTimeInMinutes>::json_t& value)
         {
@@ -181,53 +189,15 @@ namespace AppInstaller::Settings
             return {};
         }
 
-        std::optional<SettingMapping<Setting::EFExperimentalCmd>::value_t>
-            SettingMapping<Setting::EFExperimentalCmd>::Validate(const SettingMapping<Setting::EFExperimentalCmd>::json_t& value)
-        {
-            return value;
-        }
-
-        std::optional<SettingMapping<Setting::EFExperimentalArg>::value_t>
-            SettingMapping<Setting::EFExperimentalArg>::Validate(const SettingMapping<Setting::EFExperimentalArg>::json_t& value)
-        {
-            return value;
-        }
-
-        std::optional<SettingMapping<Setting::EFExperimentalMSStore>::value_t>
-            SettingMapping<Setting::EFExperimentalMSStore>::Validate(const SettingMapping<Setting::EFExperimentalMSStore>::json_t& value)
-        {
-            return value;
-        }
-
-        std::optional<SettingMapping<Setting::EFList>::value_t>
-            SettingMapping<Setting::EFList>::Validate(const SettingMapping<Setting::EFList>::json_t& value)
-        {
-            return value;
-        }
-
-        std::optional<SettingMapping<Setting::EFExperimentalUpgrade>::value_t>
-            SettingMapping<Setting::EFExperimentalUpgrade>::Validate(const SettingMapping<Setting::EFExperimentalUpgrade>::json_t& value)
-        {
-            return value;
-        }
-
-        std::optional<SettingMapping<Setting::EFUninstall>::value_t>
-            SettingMapping<Setting::EFUninstall>::Validate(const SettingMapping<Setting::EFUninstall>::json_t& value)
-        {
-            return value;
-        }
-
-        std::optional<SettingMapping<Setting::EFImport>::value_t>
-            SettingMapping<Setting::EFImport>::Validate(const SettingMapping<Setting::EFImport>::json_t& value)
-        {
-            return value;
-        }
-
-        std::optional<SettingMapping<Setting::EFExport>::value_t>
-            SettingMapping<Setting::EFExport>::Validate(const SettingMapping<Setting::EFExport>::json_t& value)
-        {
-            return value;
-        }
+        WINGET_VALIDATE_PASS_THROUGH(EFExperimentalCmd)
+        WINGET_VALIDATE_PASS_THROUGH(EFExperimentalArg)
+        WINGET_VALIDATE_PASS_THROUGH(EFExperimentalMSStore)
+        WINGET_VALIDATE_PASS_THROUGH(EFList)
+        WINGET_VALIDATE_PASS_THROUGH(EFExperimentalUpgrade)
+        WINGET_VALIDATE_PASS_THROUGH(EFUninstall)
+        WINGET_VALIDATE_PASS_THROUGH(EFImport)
+        WINGET_VALIDATE_PASS_THROUGH(EFExport)
+        WINGET_VALIDATE_PASS_THROUGH(TelemetryDisable)
     }
 
     UserSettings::UserSettings() : m_type(UserSettingsType::Default)