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How to enable or disable Windows Defender Using Registry Editor

How to enable or disable Windows Defender Using Registry Editor. Turn ON/OFF Windows Defender.

Turn ON or Enable Windows Defender

1) Launch Run by pressing Win + R on your keyboard.Run regedit
2) Type in regedit on the run window and click on ok
3)  Click Yes on the UAC prompt to continue.
4) The registry editor window will open.Registry Editor
5) Navigate to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender. On the left hand side, you will see HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, click on it to expand it.
6) Then Click on SOFTWARE (Expand it).Registry Software
7) Expand Policies and scroll down to Microsoft, then select Windows Defender.Registry Windows Defender
8) On the right hand side of the screen, you will see DisableAntiSpyware, double click on it and enter 0 as the value. (if the DisableAntiSpyware does not exist, right click on the Windows or on Windows Defender, Select New, DWORD (32 bit )Value, rename it to DisableAntiSpyware and then enter the value 0 to enable or turn on Windows Defender).Registry New DWORDRegistry Window Defender Enabled

Turn OFF or Disable Windows Defender

1) Launch Run by pressing Win + R on your keyboard.
2) Type in regedit on the run window and click on ok
3)  Click Yes on the UAC prompt to continue.
4) The registry editor window will open.
5) Navigate to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender. On the left hand side, you will see HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, click on it to expand it.
6) Then Click on SOFTWARE (Expand it)
7) Expand Policies and scroll down to Microsoft, then select Windows Defender.
8) On the right hand side of the screen, you will see DisableAntiSpyware, double click on it and enter 0 as the value. (if the DisableAntiSpyware does not exist, right click on the Windows or on Windows Defender, Select New, DWORD (32 bit )Value, rename it to DisableAntiSpyware and then enter the value 0 to enable or turn on Windows Defender).Registry Window Defender Disabled
Hope with this you have learn How to Enable or Disable (Turn ON/OFF) Windows Defender Using the Registry Editor.
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  1. Dulci says

    February 9, 2023 at 2:24 pm

    so what’s a batch file solution to this then? I’ve got a batch file to start Steam maintenance process, another to automatically play whatever CD is in my disk drive, how do i go about making one to re-add a Dword to Windows Defender and set its value to “1”?

    Reply
  2. ric says

    August 16, 2021 at 5:00 pm

    windows deletes the dword 32 DisableAntiSpyWare after a while

    i think its because of the updates. i’ve done this before with older version of windows 10 didn’t had this problem

    Reply
  3. Pita says

    July 4, 2020 at 1:23 am

    Keeps deleting key on restart

    Reply
    • Tim says

      July 5, 2020 at 6:24 pm

      Don’t get this?

      Reply
  4. Tarek el-Kholy says

    March 21, 2020 at 4:05 pm

    Thanks a million for this, it worked beautifully. My input:
    1- followed literally your post with defender on and rebooted, it didn’t work.
    2- repeated it with deactivating defender value (1) and rebooted, this enabled me to access system scan options that wasn’t available before.
    3- I chose “Scan windows defender (last option), it rebooted, worked on it and rebooted windows with problem solved.

    Can’t thank you enough buddy.

    Reply
    • Tim says

      March 25, 2020 at 2:49 pm

      Thanks for the additional feedback, really appreciate. Thanks

      Reply
  5. Frank says

    February 15, 2020 at 3:14 am

    The input value you provided for both the “enable” and “disable” methods are the same. Also, would it be detrimental to delete the WD file from the registry? Anyone interested in privacy can also disable Cortana by same path mentioned in article but following: Windows Search/Allow Cortana, and set value to 0. Also Microsoft/SQMCClient/Windows, click CEIPEnable, set value to zero. Microsoft collects your data through these, including a built in keyloggers in Windows 10.

    Reply
    • Tim says

      February 15, 2020 at 10:16 am

      Thanks for the great input, really appreciated.

      Reply
  6. Dan says

    October 21, 2019 at 11:41 pm

    You mean enter “1” to disable WD.

    Reply
    • Tim says

      October 22, 2019 at 3:45 pm

      Yes

      Reply

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