How to completely shut down the Bitdefender program?

s-tac

My pc isn't the best, so when I game offline I like to shut everything unnecessary down to have the best gaming performance. How do I shut down Bitdefender completely? I don't see an option to do so. I'd rather not use Task Manager to end the process as I feel that may cause problems. I'm on Windows 11.

s-tac

Or perhaps temporarily turning off Bitdefender Shield would lower its strain on my pc?

Gjoksi

Hello.

For now, there is no option to completely shut down Bitdefender with a single click on a button, for example "Exit Bitdefender" etc.

You can only temporarily disable each module in Bitdefender, by following these steps:

https://www.bitdefender.com/consumer/support/answer/28557/

Open your Bitdefender program, go to Utilities -> Profiles -> Settings and enable/activate "Game Profile".

When Game Profile is enabled/activated:

- All Bitdefender alerts and pop-ups are disabled

- Automatic Update is postponed

- Scheduled scans are postponed

- Search Advisor is disabled

- Special offers notifications are disabled

Regards.