diff --git a/news/2 Fixes/10232.md b/news/2 Fixes/10232.md
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@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Users can opt into or opt out of experiments in remote scenarios.
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 28d93dc36a5e..c4b7fbff2891 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1504,7 +1504,7 @@
                     "type": "boolean",
                     "default": true,
                     "description": "Enables/disables A/B tests.",
-                    "scope": "application"
+                    "scope": "machine"
                 },
                 "python.experiments.optInto": {
                     "type": "array",
@@ -1524,7 +1524,7 @@
                         ]
                     },
                     "description": "List of experiment to opt into. If empty, user is assigned the default experiment groups. See https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-python/wiki/Experiments for more details.",
-                    "scope": "application"
+                    "scope": "machine"
                 },
                 "python.experiments.optOutFrom": {
                     "type": "array",
@@ -1544,7 +1544,7 @@
                         ]
                     },
                     "description": "List of experiment to opt out of. If empty, user is assigned the default experiment groups. See https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-python/wiki/Experiments for more details.",
-                    "scope": "application"
+                    "scope": "machine"
                 },
                 "python.dataScience.allowImportFromNotebook": {
                     "type": "boolean",