Norton antivirus is one of the well-known antiviruses in the market. All Norton antivirus tools are used to keep your computer safe. However, sometimes you may need to install something and might not be able to proceed because of Norton antivirus blocking some files.

For this, a quick solution is to disable the Norton antivirus temporarily. Once you are done with your work, you can again enable the protection of your system.

How to temporarily disable the Norton Antivirus?

Using disable option

You may notice a small triangle at the right bottom of your desktop, called as a system tray. Click on it and select the Norton antivirus
Click on the disable smart firewall option to temporarily shut down your antivirus protection
Here you need to choose the options, disable for a particular time or till next reboot
If you select the shutdown option, your antivirus will get automatically enabled after a restart

Using Norton toolbar

Open the Norton antivirus browser and select the toolbars option
Uncheck the Norton toolbar and disable the antivirus protection
Next time when you enable the checkbox, your Norton antivirus program will resume
Norton toolbar will help you to disable the Norton easily without changing any settings in the system

How to turn off Norton Security Temporarily?

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Turning off the automatic renewal of Norton antivirus

Go to Norton antivirus website and login to your Norton account using credentials
Navigate through all the options and select the Automatic Renewal option
Select turn off on the Norton automatic renewal option
Sign out from Norton account once you disable the automatic renewal option
You won’t get any bill till your next subscription

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