How to Find and Delete Scan History of Windows 10 Defender

By Achilles Hill | Last Updated January 03, 2024

Windows Defender is a security program, which is an important component of Windows OS. It can provide systems the real-time protection against software threats. Furthermore, it's available to check the threats' scan history to get more details like the currents threats and allowed threats. For how to find and delete scan history of Windows 10 Defender, you can follow the ways below.

1. Part One: Find Scan History of Windows 10 Defender
2. Part Two: Delete Scan History of Windows 10 Defender

Part One: Find Scan History of Windows 10 Defender

Case 1: In Windows 10, before version 1703, Windows Defender is an independent app and its scan history can be found with 3 steps.

Step 1: Search Windows Defender in the taskbar and then run it.

Step 2: Switch to History in the upper menu. Then, you can see three items including Quarantined items, Allowed items and All detected items in the window. If you want to check the details of each item, you can choose the item firstly and click View details to show all the related information.

Case 2: In Windows 10, version 1703 and later, Windows Defender is a part of Windows Security(Windows Defender Security Center in some versions). You can refer to this simple guide to find the Windows 10 Defender scan history.

Step 1: Search and open Windows Security(or Windows Defender Security Center) in the Start menu.

Step 2: Click Virus & threat protection icon in the left pane.

Step 3: In Windows Security, select Threat history to access the history details.

In Windows Defender Security Center, choose Scan history to get the detection information.

Part Two: Delete Scan History of Windows 10 Defender

To clear scan history of Windows 10 Defender easily and conveniently, using iSunshare System Genius is one of the most effective and generic ways. iSunshare System Genius is a useful Windows cleaner that can not only clean up the daily junk files like data cache but also clear the troublesome-to-remove junk files, such as unneeded Windows Defender scan history, useless registry files, etc. So, how to apply this useful Windows tool ? You can get its tutorial here.

Step 1: Head to iSunshare official site, download and install iSunshare System Genius on your Windows 10 PC.

Step 2: Launch the software and choose Junk File function. Then, in the right section, hit Scan to find out the scan history.

Step 3: In order to only clear Scan History, you can untick the box before the Junk file scan result option. After that, tick Scan History and you can also click the down arrow to review the history content. At last, it's time to delete the Windows 10 Defender scan history by hitting Clean.

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