How to permanently disable just this Defender warning icon?

nwtech · Nov 17, 2024

I would like to know How to permanently disable just this Defender warning icon, I haven't found anything that disables it, does anyone know?

OAT · Nov 17, 2024

nwtech said:
I would like to know How to permanently disable just this Defender warning icon, I haven't found anything that disables it, does anyone know?

I don't recommend it but you need to prevent SecurityHealthSystray.exe from starting.
That would be done from:

Code:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Taliseian · Nov 17, 2024

It can also be disabled from your Task Manager under Startup Apps.

But I completely concur with @OAT that you should not disable it.

garlin · Nov 17, 2024

There's a big difference between disabling Defender service, vs. hiding the notification icon. If you want to hide the icon from the taskbar:

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Bree · Nov 17, 2024

nwtech said:
I would like to know How to permanently disable just this Defender warning icon, I haven't found anything that disables it, does anyone know?

I wouldn't want to disable it. The yellow triangle is a warning. Click on it and Windows Security will open, showing more details.

It may be that a scan is overdue, if so click 'scan now' and when done the green tick will return. in other cases it may suggest you should turn something on. You have the choice of doing so or dismissing the warning. Either way the green tick returns and the warning will not return.

OAT · Nov 17, 2024

GusGhanem said:
I always disable that icon from Settings > Apps > Startup, any warnings will still show up at the notifications bell in the tray.

I think we are dealing with personal preferences. We should be glad we have these options available to us.
In the case of system protection, it is my belief that more notifications are better than less.

nwtech · Nov 17, 2024

I just want a way to permanently disable the yellow warning icon. I don’t want to disable Defender, remove the icon, or disable the service — none of that.

OAT · Nov 18, 2024

nwtech said:
I just want a way to permanently disable the yellow warning icon. I don’t want to disable Defender, remove the icon, or disable the service — none of that.

Hover on the icon itself. What does it say?
Do you need a scan?

nwtech · Nov 18, 2024

I want to remove the notice permanently, understand? Do you know how? If not, thank you!

OAT · Nov 18, 2024

nwtech said:
I want to remove the notice permanently, understand? Do you know how? If not, thank you!

Good luck then.
With that attitude I am sure you will soon be helped.

andrew129260 · Nov 18, 2024

nwtech said:
I want to remove the notice permanently, understand? Do you know how? If not, thank you!

so open windows security.......it will tell you why.....

nwtech · Nov 18, 2024

andrew129260 said:
so open windows security.......it will tell you why.....

I just want to know if there is a registry key that permanently disables it, about temporarily solving the warning, as mentioned above, I already know and have already done it.

OAT said:
Good luck then.
With that attitude I am sure you will soon be helped.

Brother, it's not about that, don't be so emotional and take it personally, everything you mentioned to me, I already know. I just want a registry key to change, and keep this warning permanently inactive, if such a key exists.

andrew129260 · Nov 18, 2024

nwtech said:
I just want to know if there is a registry key that permanently disables it, about temporarily solving the warning, as mentioned above, I already know and have already done it.

What is the warning? Why are you not providing any information? What is constantly nagging you in windows security?

Once you hit dismiss it should go away and not return. If not, try a repair of the windows security app.

Reset Windows Security app in Windows 11 Tutorial

nwtech · Nov 18, 2024

andrew129260 said:
Qual é o aviso? Por que você não está fornecendo nenhuma informação? O que está constantemente incomodando você na segurança do Windows?

Depois que você clicar em descartar, ele deve desaparecer e não retornar. Se não, tente reparar o aplicativo de segurança do Windows.

Tutorial para redefinir o aplicativo de segurança do Windows no Windows 11

This yellow warning about the icon, I want to remove it via registry, so that it doesn't appear anymore (just the yellow warning, ok?)

OAT said:
Por favor, não quero ter nenhuma relação com você.:maluco:

Great, it's mutual!

neemobeer · Nov 18, 2024

You can't easily remove just a single icon, they are part of the DLLs and the program switches to that icon when there is 'action required' so you would break Defender by removing the icon

andrew129260 · Nov 18, 2024

nwtech said:
This yellow warning about the icon, I want to remove it via registry, so that it doesn't appear anymore (just the yellow warning, ok?)

well since you wont tell us what the warning is for and refuse to provide information, have a good one.

nwtech · Nov 18, 2024

andrew129260 said:
well since you wont tell us what the warning is for and refuse to provide information, have a good one.

Ok!

neemobeer said:
You can't easily remove just a single icon, they are part of the DLLs and the program switches to that icon when there is 'action required' so you would break Defender by removing the icon

Got it! And thank you, congratulations for being more technical and objective in your approach – that was something missing from some people here.

Vsynced · Nov 18, 2024

Bree said:
You have the choice of doing so or dismissing the warning. Either way the green tick returns and the warning will not return.

Try turning off sample submission. When I did, the yellow icon would hound me every time I started the system. I turned it back on because I got sick of dismissing it.

If nothing else, MS nailed it by making the green icon turn yellow when there's an issue, because it definitely doesn't go unnoticed.

Edit: Proofread failure #14563

nwtech · Nov 18, 2024

Vsynced said:
Try turning off sample submission. When I did, the yellow icon would hound me every time I started the system. I turned it back on because I got sick dismissing it.

If nothing else, MS nailed it by making the green icon turn yellow when there's an issue, because it definitely doesn't go unnoticed.

True! It always reappears if one of the options is disabled. I thought there was some registry setting that could disable this warning icon.

Berton · Nov 18, 2024

Usually I see that with the OneDrive entry and the App and Browser feature, changing those settings clears the icon as does running a Quick Scan. May have to restart to have the changes apply.

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