Policy

Turn off Auto Exclusions

Microsoft Windows

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Turn off Auto Exclusions
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Policy overview

Key metadata and intent for this policy.

Computer
Category
Windows Components > Microsoft Defender Antivirus > Exclusions
Supported on
At least Windows Server 2016

Supported OS tags: WindowsServer2016

Allows an administrator to specify if Automatic Exclusions feature for Server SKUs should be turned off. Disabled (Default): Microsoft Defender will exclude pre-defined list of paths from the scan to improve performance. Enabled: Microsoft Defender will not exclude pre-defined list of paths from scans. This can impact machine performance in some scenarios. Not configured: Same as Disabled.

Internal name
DisableAutoExclusions
Policy ID
6859cf0ee24f
Elements
0

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

ScopeRegistry locationTypeEnabled valueDisabled valueCopy
Computer
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions
Value name
DisableAutoExclusions
REG_DWORD
HKLM
1
HKLM
0
Registry location
Type REG_DWORD · Computer
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions
Value name
DisableAutoExclusions
Hive
HKLM
Enabled value
1
Disabled value
0

Policy elements

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