

** If you no longer can click on Tools and there is a message on Windows Defender about the service being stopped, then you may skip steps 1 & 2, as you may have done it already).ģ) Delete the ‘C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows Defender’ folder. Open ‘services.msc’, scroll down to ‘Windows Defender’ (WinDefend).

Click Tools, uncheck everything.Ģ) Switch services to disabled for Defender.

NITRAM has got it! I’ve summarized the complete (and functional) version of the steps to COMPLETELY WIPE OUT Windows Defender – here it is:Īfter following the procedure described in this article, you can optionally do the following in order to COMPLETELY REMOVE Windows Defender from your Windows OS installation:ġ) Make sure all boxes in the “tools” option for Windows Defender are unchecked.
