Solution For Windows Defender Uninstall Method

Asked By Robert K Olea 0 points N/A Posted on - 06/19/2017

I want methods to carry out Windows defender uninstall on my PC but I am not finding any direct way to do it. Can someone help me out here? Thank you.

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Answered By James Mayer 0 points N/A #299685

Solution For Windows Defender Uninstall Method

There is no direct method to uninstall Windows defender as it is not recommended but if you still intend to do so-

1. In command prompt you need to typesc stop windefend and then type sc delete windefend
2. Then delete the following registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer
   \ControlPanel\NameSpace\{D8559EB9-20C0-410E-BEDA-7ED416AECC2A}
3. Then Grant complete permission and then deleteHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender

Then you need to take complete ownership and delete

C:\Program Files\Windows Defender

C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows Defender

C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Defender

At following the above steps Windows defender will be removed from your PC.

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