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title: "Turn view tracking on or off"
space: "Wiki"
url: "https://docs.frappe.io/wiki/analytics/view-tracking"
updated: "2026-11-03"
---

View tracking records each visit to a page in the reader. The [page view analytics](/wiki/analytics/page-views) use these records. Only Wiki Managers and System Managers can change the setting.

## Turn tracking on or off

1. In the app, click **Frappe Wiki** at the top of the sidebar and click **Settings**.
2. In **General**, turn **Enable View Tracking** on or off.

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When tracking is off, the analytics pages show **Page views are not being recorded**. A Wiki Manager can click **Turn on tracking** in that message.

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:::caution
This switch is the **Enable View Tracking** setting in Frappe **Website Settings**. It applies to the whole site, also to website pages from other Frappe apps.
:::

When you turn tracking off, the wiki keeps the views it already recorded. The analytics show them, but no new views are added.

## What the wiki stores

For each view, the wiki adds a **Web Page View** record with:

- The path of the page, for example `raven/introduction/what-is-raven`.
- The referrer: the URL of the previous page, without its query string.
- A visitor ID: a fingerprint of the browser and device, made in the browser.
- The user agent of the browser and the time zone.
- The `utm_source`, `utm_medium`, `utm_campaign` and `utm_content` values of the URL, if it has them.

The wiki does not record a view when the browser sends a Do Not Track signal. Only pages in the reader are counted. Pages that you open in the app are not counted.