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Disable Defender monitoring of file and program activity

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Works with Windows 10 and 11

  • Windows only
  • Multiple actions
  • Risk: High
  • Batch (batchfile)
  • 2 scripts
  • No subcategories
  • Administrator rights required
  • Fully reversible

Overview

Community tested and stable—documentation will be improved.

Follow this write-up to disable Defender monitoring of file and program activity on your Windows system to minimize your personal data exposure for personal privacy enforcement. With that in mind, process to restore the pre-change state is detailed below.

Institutions handling personal data build trust through their commitment to personal data privacy assurance. Configure this guideline to manage cyber data privacy guardrail settings and take a look at what you can do next. Double-checking your actions ensures everything is done correctly.

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Tips & Tricks

    Not Advised

    This script should only be used by advanced users.

    This script is not recommended for daily use as it breaks important functionality.

    Consider creating a system restore point before doing any changes.

    Reversible

    This action is completely reversible, you can restore your changes to the initial/default state.

    The restore/revert methods provided here can help you fix issues.

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Choose one of two ways to apply:

Download script

Download and run the script directly
Direct application
Offline usage
Easy-to-apply

Maximum Protection

  • It provides military-grade privacy, for special use-cases.
  • Not recommended for daily use as it breaks important functionality.
  • Do not run it without having system restore point.

How to download and run
  1. Download the script file by clicking on the  
    Apply protection
      button above.
  2. If warned by your browser, keep the file.
  3. Open the downloaded file.
  4. Once it's done, press any key to exit the window.
  5. Restart your computer for all changes to take affect.

Apply with privacy.sexy

Guided, automated application with safety checks
Recommended for most users
Includes safety checks
How to use privacy.sexy

privacy.sexy is free and open-source application that lets securely apply this action easily with optionally more advanced options.

  1. Open or download the desktop application
  2. Search for the category name: Disable Defender monitoring of file and program activity.
  3. Check the category by clicking on the checkbox of the category.
  4. Click on Run button at the bottom of the page.

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