Windows 10: Exclusions

Hello! I was wondering if anyone knows how to exclude files? My laptop keeps deleting files that are completely harmless and it's making me miss out on important documents from work and school. Please help, than you!

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Unable to Remove Exclusions from Windows Defender

Thank you for posting back. If you trust a file, file type, folder, or a process that Windows Defender Antivirus has detected as malicious, you can stop Windows Defender Antivirus from alerting you or blocking the program by adding the file to
the exclusion list. It seems that it was added automatically. We suggest that you follow these steps:

• Go to Settings and select Update & security.
• Click Windows Defender.
• Look for Exclusions and select Add an exclusion.
• Navigate to the file, folder, or process, and select Exclude this file.

If the steps provided did not work, we recommend that you boot your device to
Safe Mode and redo the process.

Let us know if you need further assistance.

 

Exclusions

An exclusion is a way to keep (deny) certain files and/or folders from being scanned by your anti-virus or anti-malware scanner. This is typically accomplished by changing settings...adding a file or folder to the software's exclusion
list so the scanning engine will ignore it. Reasons for excluding a file are to prevent potential conflicts with your anti-virus, eliminate

false positive detection's of a legitimate file and to speed up the scanning process.

• What Files Should You Exclude?
• How to Add an exclusion to Windows Defender
• How to Make Microsoft Security Essentials Scan Faster by Excluding Certain
  File Types

 

Need exclusion for Defender Exploit Guard Network Protection

Hi,

Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.

I appreciate your time and efforts to work on this issue.

However, please reply with the following details:

• Do you get any error message when launching the applications?
  
• Which update was installed on the computer?
  
• What happens when you add the exclusion?
  

To add an exclusion in Windows Defender please follow the steps from the article

Add an exclusion to Windows Security.

Hope it helps.

Please reply with the status of the issue, we will be glad to help you further.

Nikhar Khare

Microsoft Community - Moderator