We don’t want to running Windows Defender on our computer for many reasons. so how do we disable Windows Defender?
Here are two ways to disable Windows Defender
Method 1: Install other virus software
When you install a virus on your Windows system, the default virus program Windows Defender will be disabled automatically.
Method 2: Disable Windows Defender via the registry
- Press Win+R to open the RUN window
- Type “CMD” and press Enter to open command window
- Type the following command to disable or enable Windows Defender
- Disable:
reg.exe ADD "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender" /v DisableAntiSpyware /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
- Enable:
reg.exe ADD "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender" /v DisableAntiSpyware /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
- Disable:
Now you get a Windows computer with out Windows Defender