“The app is turned off by group policy” error fix in Windows Defender.

Last Updated on December 13, 2016 by Vinay Kharayat

Hello visitors….
Some days ago I faced a problem in opening WINDOWS DEFENDER.


The app is turned off by group policy.

Actually this error comes up when you have any other Antivirus or Anti-Malware program.
But Anti virus blocks many programs and some of them lags PC too. Thats why I prefer WINDOWS DEFENDER. 
 So after doing some searching on google I managed to find fix for this problem.
Actually I found two fixes for this problem but I only tested one (which fixed my issue). So if one doesn’t work try second.

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Method 1:-

  • Press WIN+R
  • Type regedit and press enter.
  • Open “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE.”
  • Open software.
  • Open policies.
  • Open microsoft.
  • Open window defender.
  • On the right side delete that blue icon i.e disable spyware or something.
  • Reboot your System.
  • Now u can simply turn on your windows defender.

Method 2:-

  1. Press WIN+R
  2. Type gpedit.msc and run it as administrator.
  3. Go to ” Computer configuration>Administrative Templates>Windows Components>windows Defender.”
  4. There you will find something like Turn Off Windows Defender.
  5. Double click on it and click on Disabled.
  6. Apply.
The methods mentioned above should fix your problem.
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