Disable Eclipse Analytics Ping background process

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I’m having issues with Eclipse where there’s this annoying background task called “Analytics Ping” that keeps running whenever I save files or sync with Git. This seems to be related to the GWT plugin I have installed.

The problem is that this ping job blocks other important tasks from running. When I try to commit changes or update my repository, everything gets stuck waiting for this analytics thing to finish. Even worse, when I try to cancel it, nothing happens - it just keeps running.

This is really frustrating because it slows down my workflow. Every time I save a file, this ping process starts up again. Sometimes it takes forever to complete, especially if there are network issues.

Has anyone found a way to turn off this analytics ping feature completely? I don’t need Eclipse sending usage data anywhere and it’s causing more problems than it’s worth. Any help would be appreciated.

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Had this same problem before. Fixed it by turning off analytics collection completely in Eclipse preferences. Go to Window > Preferences, then General > Usage Data Collection and uncheck the usage data collection option. That’ll stop the analytics ping running in the background. If that setting’s not there or doesn’t work, add this line to your eclipse.ini file: -Dorg.eclipse.epp.usagedata.gathering.enabled=false. Put it before the -vmargs line if you have one. The GWT plugin sometimes ignores these settings, so you might need to check GWT preferences too - look under Google > Web Toolkit for any analytics or usage reporting options and disable those as well.