---
title: Ignore metrics
category: script-settings
permalink: /ignore-metrics
created_at: 2022-07-26
last_modified_at: 2026-10-25
---

Our script only collects non-personal data. Some customers might want to limit our metrics even more. That's why we created the ignore metrics feature.

| Metric                | Slug           | Inferrered metric      |
| --------------------- | -------------- | ---------------------- |
| Referrer              | `referrer`     | UTM codes, `ref` param |
| UTM codes             | `utm`          | [`ref` param][0]       |
| Country / time zone   | `country`      |                        |
| Page-load IDs         | `session`      |                        |
| Time on page          | `timeonpage`   | Data point ID, Page ID |
| Scrolled              | `scrolled`     | Data point ID, Page ID |
| User Agent            | `useragent`    |                        |
| Screen size           | `screensize`   |                        |
| Viewport size         | `viewportsize` |                        |
| Language              | `language`     |                        |
| Query parameter names | `querykeys`    |                        |

[0]: /how-to-use-url-parameters#using-a-url-parameter

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[See page](/metrics) where we explain those metrics.

From script version 12, we collect the **names** of query parameters in the page URL, for example `gclid,ref` for `?gclid=123&ref=newsletter`. We skip them for single-page app navigations, reloads and back/forward navigation. This only adds names: values are still only collected for UTM codes, `ref` and [allowed parameters](/allow-params). Ignore `querykeys` to turn this off.

When you ignore `referrer`, we also drop UTM codes, query parameter names and the `ref` param from page views, because they describe where a visitor came from. Parameters from [allow params](/allow-params) are still collected. When a visitor navigates within your own website, we still send that internal referrer so we can tell [unique visits](/uniques) apart.

## Script setting `data-ignore-metrics`

You can enable this feature by adding `data-ignore-metrics=...` to our script embed:

```html
<script
  data-ignore-metrics="session"
  src="https://scripts.simpleanalyticscdn.com/latest.js"
></script>
```

In this case, it will not collect [a page-load ID](/metrics#ids). The slug is still called `session`, the old name of the page-load ID.

## Comma separated

If you have multiple metrics you want to ignore you can separate them with a comma:

```html
<script
  data-ignore-metrics="timeonpage,scrolled"
  src="https://scripts.simpleanalyticscdn.com/latest.js"
></script>
```

## Ignore all metrics

To ignore all metrics that you can ignore, you can use this embed script:

```html
<script
  data-ignore-metrics="referrer,utm,country,session,timeonpage,scrolled,useragent,screensize,viewportsize,language,querykeys"
  src="https://scripts.simpleanalyticscdn.com/latest.js"
></script>
```

Need any help? We love to help you set up your script. Don't hesitate to [contact us](https://simpleanalytics.com/contact). Silly questions don't exist.