Step 12: Double click on Turn on behavior monitoring policy. Step 11: Go to Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Windows Defender Antivirus > Real-time Protection. Disabled Turn on process scanning whenever real-time protection is enabled policy Step 10: Select Disabled button and click OK. Step 9: Double click on Turn on process scanning whenever real-time protection is enabled policy. Step 8: Go to Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Windows Defender Antivirus > Real-time Protection. Disabled Monitor file and program activity on your computer policy

Step 7: Select Disabled button and click OK.

Step 6: Double click on Monitor file and program activity on your computer policy. Step 5: Go to Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Windows Defender Antivirus > Real-time Protection. Enabled Turn off Windows Defender Antivirus policy Step 4: Select Enabled button and click OK. Step 3: Double click on Turn off Windows Defender Antivirus policy Turn off Windows Defender Antivirus policy Step 2: Go to Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Windows Defender Antivirus. Step 1: Press Win + R and Type gpedit.msc, then hit Enter or OK. Real-Time Protection, Cloud-Delivered Protection and Automatic Sample Submission Turn off Windows Defender Antivirus via Group Policy Step 4: Click the Real-Time Protection, Cloud-Delivered Protection and Automatic Sample Submission toggle to turn off Windows Defender Antivirus. Step 3: Click on Virus & Threat Protection settings link. Step 2: Select Windows Security from the left pane and choose Open Windows Defender Security Center. Step 1: Go to Start > Settings > Update & Security.

Turn Off Windows Defender Antivirus in Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 Turn off Windows Defender Antivirus temporarily via Windows Defender Security Center Turn Off Windows Defender Antivirus in Windows 7 Turn off Windows Defender Antivirus via Group Policyĭisable Windows Defender Antivirus via Registryĭisable Windows Defender Antivirus in Windows Vista Turn off Windows Defender Antivirus temporarily via Windows Defender Security Center In this article, I will show you step by step for how to turn off Windows Defender Antivirus via Security Center, Group Policy or Registry.

How to Disable Windows Defender Antivirus via Security Center, Group Policy or RegistrySometimes, you may want to turn off Windows Defender Antivirus to perform certain tasks that it may interfere with, or you plan to install other antivirus application software. Windows Defender Antivirus is primarily intended for consumer and unmanaged PC scenarios. In Windows Server 2012 R2 and Windows 8.1, Windows Defender Antivirus is available on Server Core installation options (without the user interface), and it is enabled by default.

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