How To Turn Windows Defender Off?

Open Start

Type Windows Security and open it

Click Virus & threat protection

Under Virus & threat protection settings, click Manage settings

Turn off Real-time protection

Turn off Cloud-delivered protection

Turn off Automatic sample submission

Turn off Tamper Protection if prompted

Open Group Policy Editor

Go to Computer Configuration

Go to Administrative Templates

Go to Windows Components

Go to Microsoft Defender Antivirus

Open Turn off Microsoft Defender Antivirus

Set it to Enabled

Restart the computer

Open Registry Editor

Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREPoliciesMicrosoftWindows Defender

Create or set DisableAntiSpyware to 1

Restart the computer

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