2 Ways to Turn Off Windows Defender in Windows 10 (100% Work)

An easy way to turn off Windows Defender in Windows 10 temporarily or permanently is through the Settings menu and Group Policy Editor (gpedit.msc).

Antivirus is one application that must be owned by all computers. Because with an antivirus, we can prevent the computer from being attacked by various viruses, malware, spyware and so on. Antivirus can quarantine a number of viruses and malware, so they will not enter our computer system.

Currently, there are many Antivirus applications that we can use to prevent computers from being attacked by viruses that can harm our computer system. Examples of such antiviruses are SMadav, McFree, AVG and so on. As for users of the Windows operating system, you don’t need to worry anymore because Windows already has an antivirus that is quite capable of detecting viruses and malware.

But often Windows Defender detects files or applications on our computers as viruses or malware, while these files or applications are safe files.

How to Turn Off Windows Defender in Windows 10

Windows Defender is indeed an antivirus created and developed by Microsoft, so it has been integrated and optimized according to our Windows operating system. But Windows Defender rarely gets updates from Microsoft, so we can feel the bugs or Windows Defender incorrectly identify the files or applications that we use as viruses or malware.

If you have experienced this, then you must turn off Windows Defender so that you can freely use files or use applications without any malware notifications from Windows Defender. And if you want to use other Antivirus applications, you must first disable Microsoft’s default antivirus. Here’s how to turn off Windows Defender in Windows 10.

1. Temporarily Disable Windows Defender

This method you can do to temporarily disable Windows Defender. So at any time, you can reactivate it as before.

1. The first step to do is click the menu Windows which is located in the lower left corner. After that click the Settings icon in the form of a gear as shown in the image below.

2. Then the windows settings will appear as shown in the following image. There are various menu settings that we can change through this window, click menu Updates & Security.

3. Then you will be taken to the update and security settings menu. Then click the Windows Defender menu located on the left side. If you have, then look on the right side there are settings regarding the Windows Defender antivirus as shown in the image below. In the Windows Defender section, click the button Open Windows Defender Security Center.

4. Next click the shield icon like in the picture below. The icon is located on the left side. Then look on the right side there are settings regarding antivirus. Scroll down until you find the settings regarding virus protection. Click on menu Virus & threat protection settings.

5. Well, here you can disable Windows defender through the Real-time protection section. Slide the toggle Real-time protection is off, leaving your device vulnerable to Off.

2. Disable Windows Defender Permanently

You can do this method if you want to disable Windows Defender forever. Here’s how to disable Windows Defender forever.

1. Click Windows + R on your computer keyboard, then type the command gpedit.msc. Next click the button OK.

2. Then the Local Group Policy Editor window will appear. go into the folder Computer Configuration, then click folder Administrative Templates. Inside the folder, click the folder again Windows Components.

3. Next click the folder Windows Defender Antivirus.

4. Double click on the program Turn off Windows Defender Antivirus.

5. Next a new window will appear. And click Enabled. After that click the button OK.

Thus the article that explains how to disable Windows Defender in Windows 10. You can apply any of the above methods according to your needs.

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