I can definitely confirm they don’t drop the database when you disable.
I re-enabled; when to options; drastically reduced the items it collects (by default) and how long it keeps them (by default); went to “update statepress” (which cleaned up the table); and then went to my MySQL control panel and optimized the table.
This cut 50MB off, and I am now at 75MB of a cap of 100MB.
Thank you!