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4 In the right pane of Windows Defender Antivirus or Microsoft Defender Antivirus in Local Group Policy Editor, double click/tap on the Turn off Windows Defender Antivirus or Turn off Microsoft Defender Antivirus policy to edit it. (see screenshot above) 5 Do step 5 (on) or step 6 (off) below for what you would like to do.
1 Open Windows Security, and click/tap on the Virus & threat protection icon. (see screenshot below) 2 Click/tap on the Manage settings link under Virus & threat protection settings. (see screenshot below) 3 Turn off Real-time Protection. (see screenshot below) 4 Click/tap on Yes when prompted by UAC.
Welcome to Microsoft Community. I'm sorry that Windows Defender has been causing you trouble. If you want to disable Windows Defender, you can try the following methods: Method 1: Registry Editor (Applies to all versions of Windows 10) Press Win + R to open the "Run" dialog, type regedit, and press Enter. In the Registry Editor window, navigate ...
In addition, turning off WD will not remove its notification area icon. That will have to be separately turned off in step 8. PC/Desktop Custom self built 64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations Intel i7-8700K 5 GHz ASUS ROG Maximus XI Formula Z390 64 GB (4x16GB) G.SKILL TridentZ RGB DDR4 3600 MHz (F4-3600C18D-32GTZR) ASUS ROG-STRIX-GTX1080TI ...
If Windows Defender re-enables itself automatically and you are unable to turn it off manually, this may be because it detects a potential security threat or issue and takes protective measures. In this case, if you still want to turn off Windows Defender, consider installing a third-party security protection software to replace or disable ...
In that case, either click Action Center's white flag icon in Taskbar Notification Area (aka System Tray) and click Turn on virus protection (Important) or Turn on spyware protection (Important), or open Control Panel (Windows Key+X has a nice shortcut), type action into Search field, click Action Center and then click one of the Turn on now ...
Turn On or Off Controlled Folder Access in PowerShell. 1 Open an elevated PowerShell. 2 Type the command below you want to use into the elevated PowerShell, and press Enter. (see screenshots below) (Default - Turn off Controlled folder access) Set-MpPreference -EnableControlledFolderAccess Disabled.
1 Open Windows Security, and click/tap on the Virus & threat protection icon. (see screenshot below) 2 Click/tap on Microsoft Defender Antivirus options to expand it open, and turn On or Off (default) Periodic scanning for what you want. (see screenshots below) 3 If prompted by UAC, click/tap on Yes to approve.
Click the arrow next to Scheduler Library to expand the session and navigate to the following path: Microsoft \ Windows \ Windows Defender. Click on Windows Defender and a window with Defender services will appear; Right-click Windows Defender Schedule Scan and select Disable; This way Defender will no longer automatically check;
Report abuse. Hi, type powershell into search, then right click on Windows Powershell and run as administrator. Copy/paste the following command into the powershell window and press enter: REG DELETE "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender" /f. Restart your computer and check whether the setting is still present.