How to set or remove Windows Defender exclusions for process?

!In this article, we'll show you how to set exclusions for Windows Defender scanning of folders.

To set or remove Windows Defender exclusions for folders, just follow the next steps:

First, using the key combination Win + I, launch the Settings application, and in it go to Privacy & Security, in which you should click on Windows Security.
In the window that opens, click on Virus & threat protection, and then go to Manage settings > Add or remove exclusions.
After that, select Add an exclusion and select an option from File, Folder, File type and Process according to your needs, in our case choose Process.
You can remove the exclusion right here. To do this, just click on it, and then on the Remove button that appears.
Similarly, you can add or remove process exclusions using the PowerShell environment.
To add a process to exclusions, run Add-MpPreference -ExclusionProcess "" -Force
To remove a process from exclusions, run Remove-MpPreference -ExclusionProcess "" -Force