About Disable Windows Defender
Free tool to easily effectively enable/disable Windows Defender without restarting the system
"Disable Windows Defender" is the free tool to easily effectively enable/disable Windows Defender without restarting system
Often we need to disable Windows Defender to prevent it from deleting known file due to false positive error.
Some times it may slow down your computer or just interrupt your work or block your downloads.
In such cases, you can easily disable it and enable it later with a click of button.
We can also disable it (Realtime Monitoring) using Defender Settings panel but it gets enabled automatically after some time.
This tool makes sure it is disabled 100%. It also disables all type of protections of Defender.
+ Disable Realtime Monitoring
+ Disable Behavior Monitoring
+ DisableI OAV Protection
+ Disable Script Scanning
+ Disable Block At First Seen
+ Disable Archive Scanning
+ Disable Email Scanning
+ Disable Removable Drive Scanning
+ DisableScanning Mapped Network Drives
+ DisableScanning Network Files
+ Disable MAPS Reporting (Cloud Protection)
+ Disable Submit Samples
With just click of button, all the above protections of Defender will be disabled or enabled back.
It also helps you to exclude specific file or folder from scanning by Windows Defender by just right clicking on it.
This is very useful if you don't want to fully disable Defender but only want to exclude particular folder/file from being deleted by Defender.
"Disable Windows Defender" works on both 32-bit 64-bit platforms from Windows 10 to Windows 11
Previous Versions
Here you can find the changelog of Disable Windows Defender since it was posted on our website on 2025-10-09 18:53:33.
The latest version is 3.5 and it was updated on 2026-03-14 12:42:37. See below the changes in each version.
Disable Windows Defender version 3.0
Updated At: 2026-02-08
Changes: This update includes refresh button to update Defender status manually improved GUI design for easier operation
Disable Windows Defender version 3.5
Updated At: 2026-02-08
Changes: Minor update to automatically check update Defender status whenever app is activated.
Disable Windows Defender version 2.0
Updated At: 2026-01-04
Changes: Major release with faster execution of enable/disable of Defender, showing status on activation, improved context menu check execution, faster launch of application etc
Disable Windows Defender version 1.0
Updated At: 2025-10-09
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