@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@ ms.reviewer: joshbregman, mattcall, pahuijbr, hayhov, oogunrinde description: Turn tamper protection on or off for an individual device. ms.service: defender-endpoint ms.localizationpriority: medium-ms.date: 06/16/2026+ms.date: 07/03/2026 ms.topic: how-to author: limwainstein ms.author: lwainstein ms.custom: -- msecd-doc-authoring-1014+- msecd-doc-authoring-1016 - nextgen - admindeeplinkDEFENDER ms.subservice: ngp@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ ai-usage: ai-assisted # Manage tamper protection on an individual device  -[Tamper protection](prevent-changes-to-security-settings-with-tamper-protection.md) helps protect certain [security settings](prevent-changes-to-security-settings-with-tamper-protection.md#what-happens-when-tamper-protection-is-turned-on), such as virus and threat protection, from being disabled or changed.+[Tamper protection](prevent-changes-to-security-settings-with-tamper-protection.md) helps protect certain [security settings](prevent-changes-to-security-settings-with-tamper-protection.md#what-happens-when-tamper-protection-is-turned-on), such as virus and threat protection, from being disabled or changed. This article shows how to turn tamper protection on or off on an individual Windows device by using the Windows Security app. -If you're a home user, or you aren't subject to settings managed by a security team, you can use the Windows Security app to manage tamper protection on an individual Windows device. You must have appropriate admin permissions on your device to do change security settings, such as tamper protection.+If you're a home user, or you aren't subject to settings managed by a security team, you can use the Windows Security app to manage tamper protection on an individual Windows device. You must have appropriate admin permissions on your device to change security settings, such as tamper protection.  ## Prerequisites @@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ The following operating systems support tamper protection:  ## Turn tamper protection on or off +Use the Windows Security app to turn tamper protection on or off on your device:+ 1. On a Windows device, select **Start**, and start typing *Security*. In the search results, select **Windows Security**.  1. Select **Virus & threat protection** \> **Virus & threat protection settings**.@@ -53,9 +55,9 @@ The following operating systems support tamper protection:     > [!NOTE]     > Tamper protection blocks attempts to modify Microsoft Defender Antivirus settings through the registry.      >-    > To help ensure that tamper protection doesn't interfere with non-Microsoft security products or enterprise installation scripts that modify these settings, go to **Windows Security** and update **Security intelligence** to version 1.287.60.0 or later. (See [Security intelligence updates](https://www.microsoft.com/wdsi/defenderupdates).)+    > To help ensure that tamper protection doesn't interfere with non-Microsoft security products or enterprise installation scripts that modify Microsoft Defender Antivirus settings, go to **Windows Security** and update **Security intelligence** to version 1.287.60.0 or later. (See [Security intelligence updates](https://www.microsoft.com/wdsi/defenderupdates).)     >-    > After you've made this update, tamper protection continues to protect your registry settings, and logs attempts to modify them without returning errors.+    > After you update Security intelligence to version 1.287.60.0 or later, tamper protection continues to protect your registry settings, and logs attempts to modify them without returning errors.  ## See also