As a large company, Microsoft always tries to provide the best service to its users. Microsoft offers not only exciting new features about Windows, but also security for its users.
It’s all about providing peace of mind and convenience when using the Windows operating system.
The newest operating system, Windows 11, has an antivirus-like application that acts as a protection against various malware on the Internet. This application called Windows Defender is automatically installed in Windows 11 and Windows 10.
This windows defender application is actually very useful for the security of your computer or laptop.
In fact, this application has also been improved for Windows 11, one of which is the expansion of the virus library, because many patches are often used to close security vulnerabilities.
However, this Windows Defender application often disturbs the comfort of its users. Because it has a strong protection system, Windows Defender can perceive harmless data or applications as a threat.
However, for security reasons, the data or application can be immediately blocked or deleted. This is obviously very annoying because what is blocked or deleted could be important data or applications.
So how do we deal with it? The method is actually quite simple, you only need to temporarily or permanently disable the Windows Defender application.
After the application is deactivated, the security system will no longer scan, block and delete data or applications that can access your PC or laptop.
Apart from disabling it completely, you can also make exceptions for certain types of files, folders or processes.
So, for more details, you can refer to the end of this article by following the steps given.
How to Turn Off Windows Defender Antivirus in Windows 11
One way to protect your important data is to completely turn off your anti-virus system. To make it clearer, here are the steps to disable Windows Defender Antivirus in Windows 11.
- The first step that must be taken is to press the “Start/Windows” menu on the taskbar, or you can also press the “Start/Windows” button on the keyboard .
- After that, please select the “Privacy and security” menu at the bottom.
- In the “Security” column , press the “Windows security” menu at the very top.
- After that, press “Open Windows Security” to open the Windows Security or Windows Defender program.
- After Windows security opens in a new window, please press the “Virus & threat protection” menu .
- Once open, press the blue “Manage settings” option in the “Virus & threat protection settings” section .
- At the top there is “Real-time protection” , please press the toggle at the bottom to turn off the system
- Press “Yes” on the warning window to agree to the action you just performed.
- To reactivate it, you just need to repeat the previous steps and enable “Real-time protection” by pressing the toggle until it turns blue.
Before doing this, it’s a good idea to check if you really want to disable Windows Defender Antivirus protection. Beyond this, you need to understand the consequences and risks that may occur.
Because the application basically functions to protect your PC or laptop from various types of threats and malware that attack your device. In other words, your PC or laptop is not protected unless you install another antivirus.
Even if Windows Defender antivirus scanning is disabled in Windows 11, the system will still run the background scan feature on a schedule.
Therefore, even if files or data are not scanned when they arrive on your PC or laptop, the system will still scan them periodically according to a schedule.
How to Turn Off Windows Defender Antivirus Using Exceptions
Apart from disabling the entire antivirus system in Windows Defender, you can also disable it using exceptions. In other words, you can select specific files, folders, file types, or processes as exceptions. This exception is not protected by the system.
Before doing this, you should also make sure that the deleted files are safe and can be trusted. To be clearer, you can follow these steps:
- The first step that must be taken is to press the “Start/Windows” menu on the taskbar, or you can also press the “Start/Windows” button on the keyboard .
- After that, please select the “Privacy and security” menu at the bottom.
- In the “Security” column , press the “Windows security” menu at the very top.
- After that, press “Open Windows Security” to open the Windows Security or Windows Defender program.
- After Windows security opens in a new window, please press the “Virus & threat protection” menu .
- Once open, press the blue “Manage settings” option in the “Virus & threat protection settings” section .
- Scroll to the very bottom until you find “Exclusions”.
- Then press the blue “Add or remove exclusions” text.
- Press “Yes” on the warning window to agree to the action you just performed.
- After entering the Exclusions menu, press the “+ Add an exclusions” option .
- After that, press the options to be excluded such as File, Folder, File type, and Process.
- You can also easily remove excluded types again.
- Tap the type that has been excluded and select “Remove” to remove it.
So, here are some ways to disable Antivirus in Windows Defender. You can disable it completely or specify which file types to exclude. If you change your mind, you can easily cancel your work.
Turning off or on the security system in Windows 11 is a procedure that has its pros and cons. So choose wisely so you won’t regret it. Hope you try guys!
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