How to Completely Turn Off Windows Defender in Windows 10

How to Completely Turn Off Windows Defender in Windows 10

So you need to turn off Windows Defender protection in Windows 10? Here's how to disable it temporarily or permanently depending on your needs.

In search, type gpedit, this will open the Group Policy Editor, now navigate to Computer Configuration / Administrative Templates / Windows Components / Microsoft Defender Antivirus. Inside this folder, find option "Turn off Microsoft Defender Antivirus" double click and set to Enabled.

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[Britec]

Yes, you still can disable Windows Defender in 2021. Smash the LIKE button 👍

[slamma]

crazy how all the other videos dont help and only show u toturn off real time protection but this one actually helps.

[naonao]

Can't count the times you saved me from throwing my monitor out the window due to a windows problem, thank you !

[doomslayer]

i hate windows defender, it's automatically delete my game even though there's no virus

[franzpattison]

Ok I just figured it out. Some sneaky update broke the toggle. It still functions silently and blocks programs even though it says it's disabled. In addition to the now mandatory updates, and on top of the temporary toggle which was bad enough, this was clearly patched to break this option, giving users the illusion of control where there is none. This is pretty despotic on Microsoft's part.

[mego]

This doesn't work anymore. I tried it and on restart, for about a minute I had my system process taking up a lot of cpu and when I checked windows defender it was completely activated again. Also, my right click stopped working immediately after this, so maybe it's retribution for trying to stop our Microsoft overlords from controlling my pc.

[__-pljg]

Unfortunately, the group policy editor didn't disable anything. The Windows Defender Antivirus Service is still running in the background using 0-40% of CPU and 130mb of memory (Yes, I rebooted the PC).

[MrACG]

I have struggled for hours to disable it. This videos saves me.
Thanks!

[nlp]

Thank you!!!! My PC has been running hot due to defender running a program in the background 24/7 that I could not get to stop. This worked like a charm!

[tahsanhaque]

I don't have enough words to thank you. I was struggling a lot.

[ScreamingHomie]

0:00 intro
0:06 for newer windows10 versions
4:02 for exceptions
6:24 for 1 click ON or OFF
8:16 outro

i guess

[HarleyBreakoutGuy]

After May 2021 you can no longer disable windows spyware and virus called Windows Defender.

[lidebug]

It doesn't work. gpedit setting becomes "Not configured" after restart and real-time protection turned-on again.

[Dezza]

Hay Brian, your videos are always so helpful, especially when you are also supporting us Windows 10 home users like me, your the best! :O)

[bertvantol]

But what should be the reason to turn off Windows Defender ....??

[ulambaulamba]

You are the best!! I did everything from editing the registry to doing the group policy thing but NOTHING was working!! Finally the defender control worked like a charm <3

[ibrahimadamu]

thanks bro 😇,
no more GAME interuptions🤗

[richard]

This is a life saver tutorial just had to migrate from Vista to win10 and now dealing with these new issue’s that ms have tried to lock me down. 👍🍻🇦🇺

[lecutheanimator]

When I type gpedit in the search bar it doesnt show up group policy edit pls help

[ausedfork]

Im looking up group policy editor and its not coming up