# Enhanced tracking worked, then silently stopped after you saved settings again

**What you are seeing**

Enhanced tracking worked, then silently stopped after you saved settings again.

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## Why it happens

A manually pasted API secret is wiped by the next Save configuration unless you retype it. Secrets picked or created through the Google picker survive; hand-typed ones do not.

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## What to do

Re-enter the secret, or better, connect Google and pick or create the secret from the data stream so it is remembered permanently.

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## Settings involved

| **Setting**                           | **Where**                                           | **What it does**                                                                                                                                                                               |
| ------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Connect Google Analytics / Disconnect | Settings > Apps > Google Analytics > Connect Google | Starts a Google sign-in popup. The connection is site-level: one admin connects once and the whole Confluence site uses it. Disconnect revokes access at Google and deletes the stored tokens. |
| Data stream                           | Settings > Apps > Google Analytics > View tracking  | Picking a web data stream fills in the Measurement ID for you.                                                                                                                                 |
| Measurement ID                        | Settings > Apps > Google Analytics > View tracking  | The GA4 tag ID (G-XXXXXXXXXX). This is the single required setting: nothing is collected anywhere until it is set.                                                                             |

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## Related

[Search counts look roughly doubleSearches can be recorded twice on sites where Confluence emits its own search event: once ](https://staging.dev.capable-sites.com/wiki/pages/1418822292)

[You entered a Universal Analytics (UA-) ID and nothing is trackedThe "Use UA tag instead" checkbox only changes the hints and validation on the ID field. U](https://help.gocapable.com/google-analytics/you-entered-a-universal-analytics-ua-id-and-nothing-is-tracked.html)

[Everything elseThe rest of this family.](https://help.gocapable.com/google-analytics/everything-else.html)

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