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How to Disable & Enable Microsoft Defender Antivirus & Firewall Temporarily in Windows 10 & 11
Jul 7, 2025
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Uh hello guys, welcome to this video. So
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in this video, I'll show you how to
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disable or enable Microsoft Defender
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Security
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Antivirus inside your Windows machine.
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So for this, you just need to go to the
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start menu and just type here Windows
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security and this is a built-in
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antivirus which is there. Sometimes it
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can be a problem. So if you want to
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disable or disable it temporarily, you
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can do this by going to Windows
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security. And right here we have this
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virus and thread protection. Simply go
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to this and you can actually turn this
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on by clicking the turn on button. So
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now automatically a pop-up window will
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open. You need to click yes. So now the
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virus thread protection is enabled. You
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can even go to manage settings right
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here.
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And this is the real time protection.
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All these things are there. If you just
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want to disable this, you simply toggle
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this off. And once again, you just need
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to say yes. So now the real time
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protection is off. And you can even
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disable this as well. Cloud deliver
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protection like this.
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So now everything is disabled. This
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Microsoft Defender antivirus, it's
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disabled. You can even go to account
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protection as well or firewall network
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protection as well.
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And we can even disable the firewall as
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well which is not recommended. But if
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you still want to do this can go to this
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public network.
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This is your firewall. Simply toggle
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this off and click the popup to yes. So
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now you will see your disabled. Your
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firewall is disabled. you get this
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notification
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and uh in this easy way you can see
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Microsoft defender firewall
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basically is disabled.
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So in this easy way you can do this but
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still if you want to again enable it
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it's very easy again
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go to virus protection settings and uh
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go to manage settings right here
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and turn this back on
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and also turn this back on. It's really
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easy and then again go to firewall
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network protection and restore settings.
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So now it is again on. So it's that easy
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to enable or disable Microsoft Defender
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antivirus inside your Windows machine.
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So, thank you very much for watching
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this video and also check out my website
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freemediatools.com
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uh which contains thousands of tools.
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