You can see that the following options are greyed out:Ĭheck status Windows Defender in Windows Security Start the application Services and right-click on Windows Defender Antivirus Service. Right-click the Windows Defender Antivirus Service and click Stop.Īn error will show up that the operation could not be completed. Search for the task name Antimalware Service Executable and the service Windows Defender Antivirus Service. Find the Windows Defender service that is running. Verify that Windows Defender is kept turned off after Windows 10 restart.Uncheck Windows Defender Antivirus Service How to turn off Windows Defender in Windows 10 permanently.Disable Windows Defender in Windows 10 temporarily.Check status Windows Defender in Windows Security.Windows Defender unable to stop service.
