There're situations when your antivirus software would not recognize and allow installing certain types of programs or applications. Sometimes, antivirus can block your favorite websites so the program needs to be disabled at any cost.

Here, in this post, we have rounded up the steps through which you can learn about how to disable Avast antivirus completely.

Quick Steps to Disable Avast Antivirus Program from Your PC

Step 1: Go to the Windows taskbar and search for the Avast icon colored in orange. Then, right-click on the icon and find Avast shields control.

Step 2: Choose one of the options – disable for 10 minutes or 1 hour or until the computer restarts.

Step 3: Confirm your choice by selecting the “Yes” button when Avast asks you. Done! Now, Avast and the shields are disabled.

Step 4: To check whether the antivirus program is really disabled, open its main window. If it is red and says “All antivirus shields are off,” then everything worked as it should.

In these ways, your difficulties over disabling Avast antivirus will over.

 

If you've any other difficulties, for example, if you can't figure out how to stop Avast pop-ups , you can either turn off the notifications or let us know by contacting our certified technical team.

 

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