How to turn off virus and threat protection in windows security center

This article provides two shutdown methods: Group Policy disabling method and Security Center temporary shutdown method. The Group Policy disable method permanently disables the feature by modifying the registry setting, while the Security Center temporary disable method temporarily disables the feature by toggling the setting directly in Windows Security Center. Both methods work on Windows 10 and Windows 11 systems.

How to turn off virus and threat protection in Windows Security Center

Method 1: Group Policy disabling method

#1. Turn on the computer and press the win R key to enter the cmd command input window.

2. In the pop-up running tool, enter the group policy command "gpedit.msc ” and click OK.

3. Click to open [Local Computer Configuration]-[Administrative Templates]-[ Windows Components]-[WindowsDefender Antivirus].

4. Double-click Windows Defender and select "Turn off Microsoft Defender Antivirus" on the right options.

5. In the pop-up dialog box, select the "Enabled" option, and Click "OK" below.

##Method 2: Temporary shutdown of the security center

1. Turn on the computer and press the keyboard shortcut Win i to open the Windows settings interface.

2. In the options below, click the "Update & Security" option.

3. In the pop-up interface, select "Windows Security Center" on the left , find the "Virus and threat protection" option on the right, and double-click to open it.

4. Under Virus and Threat Protection Settings, find “Management Settings” and double-click to open it.

5. In the "Virus and Threat Protection" settings interface, turn off "Real-time Protection" , turn off "Cloud-provided protection" and turn off the three options of "Automatically submit samples" to turn off Windows Defender.

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