How to Disable Microsoft Defender Real-time Antivirus Protection Step 1: Locate the Windows Security application by clicking on the Start button.

Unable to turn on or off real-time protection in Windows Defender? Check these GPEDIT and REGEDIT settings and disable other antivirus apps.

How to completely disable Windows Defender on Windows 10? There are several ways to disable Windows Defender on Windows 10, please see the detailed instructions below.

Trying to install/run a program or change some system configurations on your PC, but Windows Defender keeps getting in your way? Here's how to disable Microsoft Defender Antivirus on Windows 11 to ...

In this guide, we'll show you the steps to disable real-time protection for Microsoft Defender Antivirus using Windows Security and PowerShell commands.

Disabling Windows Defender permanently on Windows 11 is not recommended, and somewhat challenging. However, you can temporarily turn off real-time protection if it's blocking you from doing something.

(Image credit: Future) Turn off the "Real-time protection" toggle switch to disable Microsoft Defender Antivirus temporarily.

Reputation-based protection settings in Windows Security help you Block apps or downloads. They stop PUP or PUA from getting into your system.