How To Disable or Enable Windows Defender in Windows 10?

Published: 03 December 2016
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How to Disable or Enable Windows Defender in Windows 10 - If you're running Windows 10 Home, you won't have access to the Local Group Policy Editor. But you can disable it using Registry Editor.

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Press Windows key + R keyboard shortcut to open the Run command, type regedit in the box, and click OK to open the registry.

Now Browse the following path:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender

If you don't see DWORD Disable AntiSpyware, right-click on an empty space, select New, and click on DWORD (32-bit) Value.

Name the key DisableAntiSpyware.

Right-click the newly created key, click on modify and set the value from 0 to 1 to turn it off.

If you want to re-enable Windows Defender protection, you only need to follow the simple steps

Open Registry Editor...

Browse the following path:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender

Change the value from 1 to 0 to re-enable this feature.

You Can also disable Windows Defender using the Settings app:

If you're only looking to disable Windows Defender temporarily; you can do the following steps:

1) Open Settings from the start menu.
2) Click on Update & security.
3) Click on Windows Defender.
4) Turn off the toggle switch for Real-time protection.

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