How to Disable Antivirus in Windows 10 ?
Antivirus software are meant for protecting computers from threarts posed by malware, trojans, etc. Turning off the Antivirus software on your computer is usually not advised. But during some unavoidable situations, you have to disable it.The Windows 10 operating system has a built-in real-time antivirus software named Windows Defender. When the Windows Defender blocks the installation of any application or services on your Windows 10 computer, you can temporarily disable it.
Disable Windows Defender in Windows 10:
Perform the below steps below to disable Windows Defender antivirus on Windows 10 computer.
- Turn on your Windows 10 computer.
- Click>/ the Windows start icon at the bottom of the desktop.
- Then, click the Settings option.
- In the Settings window, select the Update & Security option. This will open the Update & Security window.
- Now, select the Windows Defender option present on the left side of the Update & Security window.
- The right side window will display the options for the Windows Defender antivirus.
- Now, click the toggle button under the Real-time protection option to turn it off. This will turn off the Windows Defender antivirus on your Windows 10 computer.
- But, when your Windows 10 computer is restarted, then the Windows Defender antivirus will be turned on by default.
- If you wish to turn off scanning for your Windows 10 computer, then you can add all the drives on your computer to the Exclude list of Windows Defender. So that, even if the Windows Defender is turned on after the restart, your files won’t be scanned.
- To add exclusions, scroll-down the Windows Defender options and click the Add an exclusion option under the Exclusions tab.
- Now, click the Exclude a folder option and select the drives on your system and click the Exclude button.