Windows Defender is the default Microsoft Windows 10 operating system antivirus. It is turned on by default, so you will see it you do not want.
There are reports that claim that you can not disable Windows Defender if it does not recognize that another antivirus is installed or you have not yet installed any of them on your system.
Below we will see how you can disable it through the "Disable Windows Defender" policy with the Group Policy editor.
Windows Defender automatically displays notifications with certain events on the desktop. The latest version of Windows Defender came with one feature called "enhanced notifications" or "enhanced notifications", which will inform you even about non-critical events. It is understood that it is quite annoying.
Let's see what we can do:
You can enable or disable enhanced notifications from the settings:
Press the two Windows-I keys together to open the Settings app.
Select Update & Security, then Windows Defender.
Scroll down until you find enhanced alerts. Use the switch to turn the feature on or off.
But let's look at what we can do with the Group Policy editor. Settings through the Group Policy editor can control Windows Defender alerts, but also give you more control over the functionality of the application. There you will find the option to completely disable Windows Defender.
Here we should mention that the Group Policy editor is only available from the Pro version and above. This means that the users of Windows 10 Home cannot be accessed.
To open the Group Policy Editor
In search, type gpedit.msc, select the icon and press enter.
Computer Configuration - Management Templates - Windows Components - Windows Defender - Client Interface
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Computer Configuration - Administrative Templates - Windows Components - Windows Defender - Client Interface
If you enable "suppress all notifications", notifications will no longer be displayed.
Double-clicking on "Turn off Windows Defender" completely disables the application.
Let's see what we can do through the Windows Registry. This solution works even for those running Windows 10 in the Home Edition.
You can disable all Windows Defender notifications using it register of Windows.
Search for regedit.exe to select the icon and press enter.
Confirm the UAC dictation.
follow the route:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Policies \ Microsoft \ Windows Defender \ UX Configuration
If there is no key, create it by right-clicking. Select New - Key
Right click on UX Configuration and select New – Dword (32-bit).
Name the new Dword Notification_Suppress.
Double click on it after creating it and set it price of in 1.
This will suppress notifications. If you want to reset the setting simply delete the Dword.