There may be rare cases when you will want to disable Active Protection. It does not interfere or compete for computer resources with other security software and you do not need to disable it for that. But if you are troubleshooting an issue with Acronis True Image and need to make changes to Acronis configuration files or registry settings, enabled Active Protection will not allow that. In such case follow the steps below to disable it temporarily.
When you are done, do not forget to enable Active Protection back.
Disabling the Self-Defence Feature
Follow these steps to disable Acronis Active Protection:
Launch Acronis True Image 2018, click the Active Protection tab, and then click Active Protetion settings in the right bottom corner of the window
Untick the Protect Acronis True Image files from ransomware check box
Turning off Active Protection Completely
Active Protection can be disabled either from the tray icon menu or from Acronis True Image interface
Launch Acronis True Image, click the Active Protection tab
Turn the toggle to disable Acronis Active Protection
