Windows 11: Disable Microsoft Defender Antivirus

Normally, when you use Microsoft Defender Antivirus for important purpose, It is the default anti-malware solution that it build into windows 11 to protect your data or devices from some viruses such as spyware, ransomware, and protect many other type of malware. But some end user wants to disable this feature permanently base on their reasons, although it is one of the best antivirus software. We can disable this feature permanently but only problem is that as Microsoft keeps updating up and prioritizing security of operating system, Microsoft always makes it harder to disable the antivirus feature than before. Even though in the previous of the operating system, you can permanently disable the anti-malware by using other application or various methods such as Registry and Group Policy but these ways can not work forever. Also if you want to disable the Microsoft Defender Antivirus on Window 11, you still have some way even though it is difficult.

If you are no need to disable the Microsoft Defender Antivirus permanently when you want to install or setup other application or system change, you just to disable the protection temporarily.

If you want to disable temporarily of the real-time antivirus protection on Windows 11, you can follow these steps:

• First click Start window
• Input and search for Windows Security and then click on Windows Security to open the app
• Please click on Virus & threat protection
• Look at under the "Virus & threat protection settings" section
• Please click the Manage settings option
• Please turn off the "Real-time protection" toggle switch to disable Microsoft Defender Antivirus will temporarily disable.

When you completed with all above steps, the real-time antivirus protection will temporarily disabled on the computer and you can setup or install other application or you can make system changes without conflicts with this feature. Also you can use the same instructions to turn on the real-time protection toggle switch to On. Please remind that this way is not permanent solution, but it is the best option to disable the Microsoft Defender Antivirus to setup or install other apps and make system changes and it will not cause conflicts on your computer.

Please try with this way and we hope that this ways can help you reduce conflict with your pc when you want to install other apps and make system changes. If you have any comment, please write down on below this article.