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This policy setting is intended to prevent malicious content from affecting your user’s devices when downloading executable content from the internet. This policy setting turns on Microsoft Defender SmartScreen generally to check apps and files on your device.Īdministrative Templates\Windows Components\Windows Defender SmartScreen\Explorer\Configure App Install Control Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Windows Defender SmartScreen\Explorer\Configure Windows Defender SmartScreen Here we show you how this looks like for the first one. You can find them navigating in the left pane to their respective paths. There are different available group policies you can use to turn off Windows SmartScreen filters case by case. Open Windows 10 group policy via search or the “Windows + R” run-dialog using the command “gpedit.msc”. Then no changes to those SmartScreen filters can be made on the user level and the respective options in Windows Security will be greyed out. You can turn off SmartScreen via Group Policy using different filters or turn those filters permanently off. How to Disable SmartScreen Filter using Group Policy The option “SmartScreen for Microsoft Store apps” controls the behaviour of store apps and potentially annoying or malicious content they might load from the internet.

Disable SmartScreen for Microsoft Store apps.

The option “Potentially unwanted app blocking” protects you against apps with low reputation that might show unwanted behaviour such as adware or be malicious like fake-apps that try to rip you off with in-app sales.

Disable SmartScreen for Potentially Unwanted Apps.

If you however use the “Check apps and files”-option above, you might still see a warning when you try to open a malicious file you have downloaded via Edge. If you decide to turn off SmartScreen for Microsoft Edge you won´t see warnings about malicious sites and downloads inside the browser. Then Windows Defender SmartScreen will automatically be turned off and the shown option be greyed out.

You won´t be able to disable Windows Defender SmartScreen if you are using third-party antivirus software.

Disable “Check apps and files” to turn off Windows Defender SmartScreen.

Click “Reputation based protection settings”.

Open “App & browser control” in Windows Security.

To turn off SmartScreen you won´t find the required options in Windows 10 settings but in the Windows Security Center.