Unable to turn on or off real-time protection in Windows Defender? Check these GPEDIT and REGEDIT settings and disable other antivirus apps.

Temporarily disable real-time protection Disabling Windows Defender permanently on Windows 11 is not recommended, and somewhat challenging.

If you want to enable or disable Dev Drive Protection in Windows 11 using Windows Security and Registry Editor, check this guide.

In this guide, we'll show you the steps to disable (or enable) the Tamper Protection feature to allow changes to the Windows Security app on Windows 11.

Disable Microsoft Defender Antivirus Temporarily If you want to install or run a program on your system or modify some of its settings, you’ll need to pause real-time protection briefly.