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How to Enable & Disable Controlled Folder Access in Windows Defender Security in Windows
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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enable or disable controlled folder
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access in Windows Defender Security. So
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right in the start menu, just search for
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Windows security.
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So this option will appear right here if
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you see in the start menu. So simply
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open Windows security. So this will open
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Windows Defender Security which is a
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built-in security tool antivirus tool
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for Windows 10 or 11. So then you need
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to go to this option virus and thread
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protection. Simply go to this and then
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if you drag down you will see this
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option of ransomware protection. So here
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you will see this option manage
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ransomware protection. Simply click this
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option. After that you will see this
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option appearing controlled folder
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access. So what this option does it
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actually protects your files and folders
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from uh remotely downloading any sort of
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third party app which contains sometimes
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malware or virus.
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So for
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some users turn this off or on. So
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depending upon this you can turn this
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on. As soon as you make this change you
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will see this popup appearing. You just
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need to click yes. And after that
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allow existing exclusions. You have
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existing antivirus exclusions. Copy them
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as controlled folder access allowed
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applications. So you can select yes for
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after this to select it. But I don't use
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control folder access. So if you just
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want to disable this again, you can
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toggle this off by off. And then now
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this is disabled. If you just want to
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enable once again click on yes. And
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after that you can do this.
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And one more way you can do this. You
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can open if you can't access this you
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can open your powershell
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windows powershell and run this as
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administrator. And I've given this
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command here in the description of the
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video. So simply copy this command and
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paste it inside your powershell. So this
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will enable this control folder access.
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This is a command here. And again if you
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just want to disable this again you need
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to execute this command with the
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disabled flag. So now this is disabled.
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So
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I've given both these commands in the
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description of this video. So you can
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even use PowerShell to enable or disable
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control folder access. So in this easy
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way you can do this and also check out
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