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How to turn off Windows Defender in Windows 10/11 permanently

Step 1. Boot into safe mode

Click on Windows Start and search for msconfig. Run System Configuration as administrator.

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You can also start the program Run. Type msconfig and click on OK.

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Select the tab Boot. In the section Boot options, enable Safe boot. Click on OK.

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Click on Restart.

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Step 2. Turn off Real-time protection

As shown in the previous step, make sure that Real-time protection is Off.

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Step 3. Autoruns for Windows

Download Autoruns for Windows. Extract the zip file and start the executable Autoruns64.exe. If you are running Windows 10 32-bit, start Autoruns.exe.

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Step 4. Enable Windows Services in Autoruns

Go to the tab Services. There will be not many services shown. That’s because Windows services are not showing by default.

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Click in the menu bar on Options. Uncheck Hide Windows Entries. It will show the Windows services in the list view.

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Step 5. Uncheck Windows Defender Antivirus Service

Search for WinDefend and uncheck the checkbox. Unchecking will prevent the Windows Defender automatic startup after every reboot.

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Step 6. Boot into normal startup

Start the application msconfig.

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Select the Normal startup. Click on OK.

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Click on Restart.

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Verify that Windows Defender is kept turned off after Windows 10/11 restart

After a restart, start Task Manager. There is no more Windows Defender service running.

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Start Windows Security and have a look at Virus & threat protection. You will see that there is a spinning icon, or the status is showing as unknown. That’s because it’s fetching the information.

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Give it a couple of minutes. After that, you will see that Virus & threat protection is disabled.

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