Windows Defender is a solid first-party antivirus on Windows 10. I am happy that finally, Microsoft has brought a feature-rich and secure antivirus for Windows 10 that is not a resource hog. It also comes with many features that can be helpful for users. One of the best features of Windows Defender (now called Windows Security) is that you can add exclusions for files and folders and the antivirus will not scan those items. That’s awesome, right? It will significantly improve your PC performance and free up resources for other tasks. So without further ado, let’s go ahead and learn how to exclude files and folders from Windows Defender.
Press the Windows key once on your keyboard and type and “security“. Now, open Windows Security from the top result.
Now, scroll down and you will find a section called “Exclusions“. From here, you can add any file or folder and Windows Defender will exclude those from scanning. To proceed, click on “Add or remove exclusions”.
Speed Up Your PC with Windows Defender Exclusions
So that is how you can add exclusions to Windows Defender and make your PC much faster to use. As we all know, Windows keeps scanning files, folders, and various other things in the background which slows down the PC. If you are working on a large document or compiling code then Windows Defender can slow down the performance.
