How to enable/disable Smart App Control Windows 11

Smart App Control (SAC) is a security feature in the Windows Security application that locks down the system, allowing only trusted applications or applications with valid certificates to run to prevent unwanted behaviors from untrusted applications. Therefore, you should enable Smart App Control (SAC) to protect your computer from malicious and unwanted applications. Below are instructions to enable Smart App Control Windows 11,

 

Instructions to activate Smart App Control Windows 11

Step 1:

First, press the Windows + I key combination to open Settings on your computer. Then, click Privacy & Security on the left side of the interface.

Look at the content next to you and click on Windows Security to adjust again.

 

Step 2:

In this new interface, we select App & browser control to adjust the settings for applications on Windows 11.

Step 3:

In the interface as shown in this image, we see the Smart App Control section , click on Smart App Control settings to proceed with setting up this mode.

Step 4:

The Windows 11 Smart App Control security feature settings section includes different options, we select Evaluation to activate.

 

Note, if you cannot click on the enable option and the default is Off, then this feature is not applicable to the version of Windows you are using.

Once you complete the steps, the feature will run in the background but won't block anything. Note that when you turn this feature on, there's a chance that Smart App Control will block one or more trusted apps at some point.

Instructions to turn off Smart App Control Windows 11

Smart App Control in Windows 11 can block applications that are considered untrusted or potentially harmful to your computer. However, sometimes you need to install an application but Smart App Control blocks it. Here are instructions to turn off Smart App Control Windows 11.

Step 1:

You type Windows Security in the search bar and then click on the result to access. Next, in the new interface, the user clicks on App & browser control .

Step 2:

Now the user clicks Smart App Control settings to adjust the Smart App Control tool on the computer.

Then we click Off to disable Smart App Control on the computer.

Windows will display a message that you cannot turn Smart App Control back on unless you reset or reinstall Windows. The system will request Admin rights through the User Account Control interface. After confirming, Smart App Control will stop checking or blocking untrusted applications.