How to Turn off Defender antivirus protection in Windows Security?

Follow these steps to temporarily turn off real-time Microsoft Defender antivirus protection or how to turn off antivirus for some time  in Windows Security. However, keep in mind that if you do, your device may be vulnerable to threats.

1. Select Start  and type "Windows Security" to search for that app.

2. Select the Windows Security app from the search results, go to Virus & threat protection, and under Virus & threat protection settings select Manage settings.

3. Switch Real-time protection to Off. Note that scheduled scans will continue to run. However, files that are downloaded or installed will not be scanned until the next scheduled scan.