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In the Windows Defender Antivirus folder, simply double-click on Turn off Windows Defender Antivirus from the mentioned operations.

Scroll down to find Windows Defender Antivirus in the list and double-click to open it.

Select Computer Configuration and then open the sub-tab of Administrative Templates > Windows Components to continue.

Click on the Edit group policy option to proceed.

Open the Start menu and type group policy in the search bar.

Using the Local Group Policy Editor (Windows 10 Pro)

Windows will prompt that Virus & threat protection has been turned off.

This would turn off Window Defender’s real-time coverage until the time that you restart your PC.

Toggle the Real-time protection switch from On to Off.

Under the Virus & threat protection settings tab, select Manage settings to proceed.

Click on the Virus & threat protection option with the shield logo to proceed.

Open the Start menu and type virus and threat protection in the search bar.

Name it HideSystrayĭouble-click HideSystray and change the Value data to 1.

In the right pane, right-click and select New > DWORD (32-bit) Value.

Open the Registry editor and copy and paste HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender Security Center\Systray into the search bar. Open Group Policy Editor and navigate to Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Windows Security > Systray. Right-click on Windows Security notification icon. Press CTRL+ALT+DEL and click on Task Manager. To hide the icon, we can accomplish this with Task Manager and optionally use Group Policy Editor or Regedit if the first method fails. Copy and paste in explorer.exe windowsdefender: and follow the final steps to name the new shortcut and select an icon. If you right-click, you can pin Windows Security to Start.Īnother option is to right-click on your Desktop and select New > Shortcut. If you want to get rid of the icon, but still need to access Windows Security occasionally, you can always find Windows Security in the Start Menu.Ĭlick Start, then scroll down to, and click on, Windows Security. TIP: Hard to fix Windows Problems? Repair/Restore Missing Windows OS Files Damaged by Malware with a few clicks