diff --git a/GETTING_STARTED.md b/GETTING_STARTED.md
index 8d003f8..32f87f4 100644
--- a/GETTING_STARTED.md
+++ b/GETTING_STARTED.md
@@ -116,6 +116,11 @@ There are a few settings we recommend to edit in your user settings.
 4. Keyboard shortcuts can be changed by searching for `completer` in the Keyboard Shortcuts
    settings and adding new shortcuts for the relevant commands.
 
+5. Telemetry can be disabled by unchecking the `enableTelemetry` setting.
+
+   > **NOTE**: The telemetry does not collect your code nor the suggested code completions.
+   > What is collected is whether a code suggestion was accepted or dismissed.
+
 ## Troubleshooting
 
 If you are seeing the frontend extension, but it is not working, check that the server
diff --git a/README-PyPi.md b/README-PyPi.md
index 44646c4..96e0635 100644
--- a/README-PyPi.md
+++ b/README-PyPi.md
@@ -122,6 +122,11 @@ There are a few settings we recommend to edit in your user settings.
 4. Keyboard shortcuts can be changed by searching for `completer` in the Keyboard Shortcuts
    settings and adding new shortcuts for the relevant commands.
 
+5. Telemetry can be disabled by unchecking the `enableTelemetry` setting.
+
+   > **NOTE**: The telemetry does not collect your code nor the suggested code completions.
+   > What is collected is whether a code suggestion was accepted or dismissed.
+
 ## Terms of use
 
 - [End User License Agreement (EULA)](/~https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-code-assistant-jupyterlab/blob/main/docs/EULA.md) acceptance required before starting to use the model acceptance required before starting to use the model
diff --git a/schema/plugin.json b/schema/plugin.json
index d94c99b..b6400e2 100644
--- a/schema/plugin.json
+++ b/schema/plugin.json
@@ -26,6 +26,12 @@
       "description": "Whether to fetch completions for QiskitCodeAssistant:completer",
       "type": "boolean",
       "default": true
+    },
+    "enableTelemetry": {
+      "title": "Enable Telemetry",
+      "description": "Send telemetry to the Qiskit Code Assistant Service",
+      "type": "boolean",
+      "default": true
     }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 93274bd..ea6dec4 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -96,12 +96,17 @@ const plugin: JupyterFrontEndPlugin<void> = {
       category: 'Qiskit Code Assistant'
     });
 
-    completionProviderManager.selected.connect((completer, selection) =>
-      provider.accept(selection.insertText)
-    );
+    completionProviderManager.selected.connect((completer, selection) => {
+      if (settings.composite['enableTelemetry'] as boolean) {
+        provider.accept(selection.insertText);
+      }
+    });
 
     app.commands.commandExecuted.connect((registry, executed) => {
-      if (executed.id === CommandIDs.acceptInline) {
+      if (
+        executed.id === CommandIDs.acceptInline &&
+        (settings.composite['enableTelemetry'] as boolean)
+      ) {
         inlineProvider.accept();
       }
     });