How to Enable or Disable Windows Defender in Windows 10 Creators Update (Build 1703) 💻🛡️🚫

Hetman Software
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1 min readJan 24, 2019

Watch how to disable Windows Defender in Windows 10 Creators Update and remove its icon from the system tray. Some of the advice will also work with other builds of Windows. Windows 10 Creators Update (build 1703) has received many functional improvements. They include a new application, Windows Defender Security Center which was previously known as Windows Defender control panel.

This application makes it easier to control security and privacy options. However, if you are using a third-party antivirus software, you may want to disable the built-in system protection but there can be problems because of the new and unusual interface. Let’s see how to disable Windows Defender properly and how to hide the Defender icon from the system tray.

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