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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[@Britec09]

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

[@davidinchcliff4560]

Have you ever watch an old movie that people had to pay for protection to the very people that was a threat I.e. the mob. Oddly we are doing the same thing today. We pay for protection from viruses and such to the very companies that put them on your computers. Let's not forget the government. They put so many viruses and such things on our computers to track us and spy on us and deletes information from our devices that we don't think or believe those are virus. We can't buy a program that will protect us from the government and all the company's we pat for protection.

[@Dmlaney]

thanks

[@davidinchcliff4560]

@@RealSarahJade they are all set up to allow and put viruses on the computer

[@manuellopes1269]

thanks it works

[@dimitriveras4554]

Use winslap

[@6slamma]

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

[@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

[@mystorefreeclassifiedsanno1593]

for new security patch, ENABLE item 1,2,4,10... it works

[@Mrwizard-ck7oe]

@@mystorefreeclassifiedsanno1593 what are referring to? What are these items?

[@MrACG66]

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

[@nlp187]

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!

[@tahsanhaque9507]

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

[@naonao7473]

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

[@AtulEngineer]

haa haa

[@harrycallahan1534]

Hahahaha

[@mrprice8784]

Than you just don't follow there simple steps hahaha 🤣

[@Dezza53280]

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)

[@Britec09]

Glad to help!

[@supermonteiro]

Best video guide ever, since i didnt even need to watch it, thanks to instructions on the description!

[@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.

[@tiortedrootsky]

So there is absolutely no way to properly disable it now?

[@ulambaulamba]

@@franzpattison I dont see MsMpEng.exe eating up my memory anymore in the task manager tho

[@AnandRaj-dk8ok]

you are right buddy.

[@mystorefreeclassifiedsanno1593]

for new security patch, ENABLE item 1,2,4,10... it works

[@laptoptweakingtips]

look at my comment above, this fixes that problen, well for now i suppose until another update lol

[@scpk2246]

WOW! i've been looking for this explanation!!! THANKS SO MUCH MATE!!!

[@richard8181]

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. 👍🍻🇦🇺

[@azurekite3870]

yea and you should not upgrade to windows 11 cuz when right clicking it make go to a extra menu to delete and copy stuff.

[@pd_8888]

Thank you very much - I could not use the Group policy regardless that I have the pro version, still not accessible though. The second workaround is working like a charm! Thank you!

[@AbrEvig]

Thank you so much for your hard and serious work! Most appreciated!!!

[@codex8332]

Thanks very helpful. The group policy workaround worked for me. Which is downloading the third party software works like magic for those who are having troubles with turning it off under group policy. Also a little tip, you can add the app to exclusion list. Thank you very much

[@antonieficova]

thank you man i just used that tool you suggested its working

[@viniciuspessoa8628]

I wasnt able to disable the windows defender by following the video, when i reset my pc, it goes back on, but the defender control options really works great for me! Thanks!

[@InsanityPrevails]

Everything I've done has never worked for MONTHS, even the first method you did, when I restarted my PC, in the Group Policy Editor it was changed to Disabled. I thought I did it by accident, so I changed it to Enabled again. Restarted my PC, it was changed to Not Configured. Defender Control did the trick however, after many years of fighting this stupid thing. Thank you.

[@mego7389]

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.

[@adarshmalodia302]

Can you suggest something else that will work, it is getting on my nerves now like never before.

[@mee091000]

@@adarshmalodia302 Microsoft is killing all of our PCs with this. At this rate I'm going to get a MAC or Linux

[@adarshmalodia302]

@@mee091000 i didn't thought of that before, it's actually a good idea.

[@Shodan159]

Thank you! This was a massive help.

[@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

[@dadiabdulhadi]

life time saver. thanks i saw your comment and jump to 6:24

[@ahmadsenjo1981]

defender control is a lifesaver , thanks for the video

[@CliveDrone]

Hi, My download of Defender Control asks for a password to open the .rar file. Did yours also. What is password?

[@redskins564]

This used to work but since i've been on version 20h2 it disregards the group policy editor after restart. Any fixes for this?

[@jari2018]

Actually really good advice video.

[@umadfam6870]

Omg thank you soo much!!! you are the best. I did need to watch another video because my gp edit was not showing up but besides that this was great!!! keep it up! :]

[@Britec09]

No problem 😊

[@lidebug6851]

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

[@redmman9110]

i have same problem

[@oreynbearclaw822]

Same issue. Really annoying. Mining rig keeps restarting because of this like every 3 days.

[@olatunji1960]

U forgot to apply mine work here

[@Riborwahz]

Well it really work with me

[@dee900]

In the group policy you have to right click and choose apply to all and then do what's instructed in the video

[@epicjonny155]

So I can just disable defender in task scheduler or just in the Windows security?

[@user-yp6kk9lx7k]

didnt work at all. after restart, in gpedit it automaticaly turn is back as it was before i did what you showed in the video and msdefender still running in task manager

[@roqsteady5290]

Looking at that group editor, glad I stuck with Windows home :). Interesting vid though!

[@knjiepogi3211]

you can upgrade to w10 pro for free

[@jefferywoods3984]

video no longer is valid as due to new update every time a reboot happens it just is back turned on again i want to know if it is possible to actually permanently disable anymore or is it no longer possible do i have to manually turn it off after every reboot

[@Riborwahz]

I always find satisfaction and helpful in this video for software dev

[@__-pl3jg]

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).

[@mint_au]

Yeah it conastantly takes up 20-30% of my CPU usage and my frames in games turn so bad compared to my old pc with worse specs that didn’t have windows defender enabled. I’ve turned it off in settings but still uses around 20 at idle it’s so dumb they can’t give you an option to delete it or terminate it in task manager like you can with other apps

[@takata979green]

Agreed. Not working anymore.

[@iDeparture]

antimalware execute is im guessing what ur talking about in the task manger that's what its called. its separate from the normal win defender constantly running and spiking cpu cores and temps. simply go into registry editor type this and itll take you right to it "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Advanced Threat Protection" right click it then click new 32bit d word name it DisableAntiSpywar set the value to1. reboot and ur good. telemetry also does this also you can turn it off the same way you turn off the the av

[@agoogleuser2507]

I agree. I went and not only disabled Windows Defender in the Group Policy editor, I also disabled realtime protection, and it was disabled- until I restarted my computer.... which was part of the process this guy said. I have also noticed that when I leave my computer alone for a while, it looksnas though it restarted, without my permission or anything. No Windows update prompt either. I just go to do something for half an hour and come back to see all the desktop woth all the programs I had open now closed and Windows Defender running.

[@iDeparture]

@agoogleuser2507 well thats not Windows Defender, but it is part of the av, but it's separate from defender. it's ab scanning its anti-spyware. And yeah, it can only be turned off using the registry, but you have been Windows Pro to edit it. They're other 3rd party tools that can give you access Ideally you'll want to use and this is one of a few programs, but winaero tweaker will force stop it from even installing you wanna do this after a clean install is called in task manager anti mallware executable and windows advanced threat protection in the registry

[@amirhosseinbagheri3369]

Thank you for your useful video!!!

[@lecutheanimator6955]

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

[@edeshkumar9686]

you are most probably using non pro windows 10 version like Home so search online for getting gpedit in windows 10 home.

[@riczolas6298]

britec, so about 2 months ago my pc (windows 10) was all norma,l i could play games normal and stuff, but passed 2 months (now) my apex was crashing along with my pc, i tried all kind of stuff to fix it but no success, so im asking if a reboot will help fix the problem or if you have anything that can help me, i just want to play with my friends again.

[@doomslayer3150]

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

[@Jay-km1no]

They’re might be even on steam there’s games with virus

[@Ultra_instinct_-user]

it uses my pc resources too much while playing games

[@arelectronics4639]

😂😂😂😂 me too Bro

[@Abdullahmug7867]

same issue brohther

[@Gamingwithrichy]

Every game has virus files, some are just not harmful to your information on you pc

[@LeisuresuitAndy]

I've been following your videos for such a long time. (not always subscribed, because of this and that. Sorry lol) And i love your way of explaining things. So clear. I just love it. It's my way. Lately i watch your videos because i just need to be up to date in the pc world (because of work etc). But mostly i keep loving your videos because it helps my mom and my friends who are not "very good" with pc's and all the "options". You are a hero in my opinion. Thank you!

[@Britec09]

Welcome back!

[@goddessoftruth]

As usual you are AWESOME and RIGHT ON THE MONEY! I watched a newer video from someone else and it showed 2 different methods (neither was yours) and neither worked. One involved changing/taking ownership and the other involved editing the registry. Your Group Policy hack worked! Thank you!

[@eevvxx80]

I fixed many issue from your videos, best KZbinr ever. thanks

[@63Arnast]

Hi Britec09 I put this on several of your youtube videos and fb but got no answer. I watched a tube video of yours that showed how to install Power Menu for win 10 but i'm having a hard time finding it so i can uninstall it as when i right click on my desktop and go to power menu then go to sleep or hibernate it shuts the computer down and not to sleep.

[@gooseuk1985]

Thanks for this, could not turn off real-time scan without the software. You could toggle it off but it would enable itself again at some point spiking temps and CPU usage

[@gooseuk1985]

@us na Play the video it tells you towards the end. Its called defender control

[@ausedfork8960]

Im looking up group policy editor and its not coming up

[@raneem7117]

thank you very much that was helpful :)

[@BartarSho]

Best Ever Video ! Very useful

[@dee900]

I disabled the tasks that you said not to delete and after I did everything that you instructed, the tasks in the task scheduler did not return

[@HarleyBreakoutGuy]

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

[@AphXMaster]

you now also cant roll back updates without it just reinstalling them in the background without even telling you that its using bandwidth. windows is trash.

[@HarleyBreakoutGuy]

@SkyLine Architects it's called Windows Virus and Spyware.

[@HarleyBreakoutGuy]

@SkyLine Architects leave windows and goto linux bro ;)

[@maz5-870]

you can, i've done it lmao. i cant remember how to do it so im back here :P

[@german69692007]

Still Works.

[@archosta]

when I enable "Turn off Microsoft Defender Antivirus" it goes back to Not configured situation right after I close the GPEDIT tab. what should I do?

[@yassin3608]

Thanks mate, it's worked!

[@bmhits5162]

I had try this few days ago as i 2022 but it seem like window defender will self turn back on . Is there any other way to delete it completely?

[@bennybodash855]

When disabling windows defender, does this turn off the firewall? I seen a setting for the Firewall & Network protection notifications.

[@bolaaccorinti3308]

Thanks for video mate.

[@DisruptionOfTheMind]

bro i liked and subbed, i respect you for helping me with a problem on my new gaming pc.

[@DisruptionOfTheMind]

i need a roblox hack but couldnt use it bc defender thinks its a virus

[@r.d.s1920]

Windows defender control work uff i thought i have lost it thanks mate🤛🏻

[@bertvantol9669]

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

[@somshekharbhosale2232]

Helpful 🙏

[@kristenhott]

I got as far as gpedit and I have to go through web results? I can’t get any farther than that? What do I need to do

[@ibrahimadamu5178]

thanks bro 😇, no more GAME interuptions🤗

[@Vladz7]

this video saved my finally from windows defender, thanks a lot :)

[@reyvalentindepuertorico458]

fallowed all the steps and when i try to install a program it says windows defender wont let me install is there another way to disable ir permantly eed help plz

[@ambhpb]

DControl is being flagged and the executable deleted by Defender when you try to run it. Tried using PS Tools to run regedit as Systems on Win Home and still cant change ownership or permissions on the reg keys for windows defender. It doesn't seem like there is a way to get rid of it on Win Home w/out GPEdit.

[@mohsenbasir]

Best tutorial ever. Thanks Brian.

[@isellpotato624]

Thank you so much!

[@rifatzahin3872]

Thanks man!

[@GoodDodge]

That second Option, pheeeewie, that worked, after allowing each individual part of it when I ran it. But when it ran uncontested. That did the job. Love it. :D

[@sonorabells]

As of jan2024 i followed every step while win10pro and when i restart defender is still on as it was???? :/ No white shield. Please update your video top correct. some of us need offline computers running without defender endlessly getting in the way!!

[@marianaluciamorreale5559]

hello i am still having troubles so everytime i try to turn it off that advanced message system pops up and wont give me access to turn it off at all. it says my issue has been ticketed and they will get back to me about it but nothing has changed. please help! im dying to install sims 4 lol. i have a powerspec

[@adisHI-IQ]

After I set activation in gpedit, I give apply and ok and close gpedit. If I open it again, not configured appears. The same after I restart. I did exactly as you say four times. Not working.

[@krle8109]

sept 20201, thank you very much. This method works and keeps defender disable even after restating the pc.

[@german69692007]

20201? What a Year!!!! just picking

[@VaibhavShewale]

very informative

[@mutantgaming5851]

in this method does windows defender would'nt turn.on again after few days/weeks?

[@nux3960]

Thank you sir. I was looking for this for a while, but I've heard a lot of rumors from people who claims that Windows Defender is an essential part of the OS core (Kernel), is that true? cause if so it would be impossible to disable the defender without damaging the system.. I would appreciate your answer. Other thing i have to point out is that when you install a third party AV Windows itself disables The Defender automatically. Anyways the point of disable the antimalware service for me is because I lack of hardcore hardware and it bottlenecks my workflow but disabling any protection would expose my system to harmfull software, so what should I do in this case? thanks and sorry if I am wrong on several things

[@WSS_the_OG]

I can provide a fairly strong testimonial here, as I've got a number of systems running without Defender, and they've been running this way for a few years now with no loss to functionality.

[@Poseidon.am.]

Thanks Man, Now I Can Finally Play Games Without The Lag Defender Gives Me

[@NduvhoNwagu]

On the new updated versions of windows, the virus and threat option is nolonger available making it difficult to turn off windows defender

[@headrushgaming2614]

mine still activates, im having issues where my pc only starts up in troubleshoot mode, i have to disable early antimalware to get it to launch, when i followed your video, i had to do the step i just explained but for some reason my real-time protection was on still

[@rrvk5666]

it was very helpful

[@blindstreem9893]

tysm u helped me a lot

[@Killzoneps3ps2]

Thanks man

[@abdulraheman3841]

Thanks a lot brooo

[@azurekite3870]

man your videos really help with annoying windows defender and wish i knew about it much sooner when i first got my first gaming laptop. lol

[@g4m3erholahi61]

it didnt work it first says its controled by your administrator when i restart after completing evertthing but when i restart second time it enables itself bakc and my tamper thing is turned off

[@Kinderys96]

i cant disable it i cant enable anything in gpedit when i enabling and restarting it gets back to not configured if i try to get into "Virus & Threat Protection" it says Your IT administrator has limited access to some areas of this app, and the item you tried to access is not available... It's impossible for me.... i'm actual administrator of my computer but something happening... i dont know what...

[@LoLo_s_den]

Thank u very much ❤

[@BalkanBoysGaming]

In gpedit when I set it to enabled, immediately goes back to "Not Configured".

[@fredericoalves3169]

Just noticing that. Activate the policy, close GPEDIT. open it again, and the option is back on default. Can i ask what's your "winver" ?

[@timewanderer7773]

Thank u!

[@iceysupreme1362]

HOW CAN U DO THAT FOR ME WHEN I OPEN THE WINDOWS DEFENDER IT SAYS NO ACTIONS NEEDED PLS TELL HOW

[@rrvk5666]

thank you so much

[@HemantMaraar]

Hey bro help me... I am unable to format my laptop and feature update couldn't be installed also...What is the problem ....help me....

[@beliall1592]

YOU SIR, ARE A GENIUS

[@Light-qi8ol]

Virtual machines can run slow, the fault being Windows Defender, so was hoping to remove Windows Defender from the virtual machine completely. Saw a different channel, in a different video, recommend IObit, but scanning the file flagged it as malicious. There seems to be no absolute way to get rid of this windows-cockroach. Inbetween solutions are still helpful of course, thank you :)

[@Sam-de8tc]

The first step u showed didnt work it kept reverting it's gpedit setting back to Not configured even tho I applied it

[@RRan-dk7ct]

Thanks for your time.

[@Britec09]

My pleasure!

[@sporvogneskindeskidt]

can´t install defender control 2,0 or another version. I have put the Windows Defender in Windows 10 disabled, but it says there is a virus in the program and after that window delete the exe file. run as an administrator. that file where to put password....?????

[@SobaClips1995]

first thing helped me on youtube thanks

[@alexz7111]

Good job Brity

[@johnblaze3546]

Thank you sir, you rock!

[@Britec09]

Thanks!

[@viacheslavvia]

Perfect!

[@wiediantosuwarsono6301]

i can't open local group policy editor,how to fix that

[@abdulkareemjama5725]

i don’t have any group policy that comes up, i’ve tried everything

[@AlluSujith3]

but for me after doing the first step when i restart its stills not got disabled bro !!

[@MrRoro582]

This has been patched is there another way to remove defender.. Registry did not work for me either.