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How do I turn off Armor/Bitdefender on my Orbi Router
I foolishly accepted trying Netgear's Armor by BitDefender on my Orbi Router mesh and it is now blocking long-used very safe sites that I urgently need for my work, yet there is not obvious way to ei...
That option is not available to me, either on Android, iOS or the web portal. There is no option to turn it off. When you click on security, it just takes you to another screen that shows the router, subscription and selected devices. No toggle to turn it off.
edit: ok, restarting the app forced it to appear, what bad clunky design
edit: ok, restarting the app forced it to appear, what bad clunky design
Start on main screen on the house in circle icon
Go to settings
Go to Security
Toggle off "Enable NETGEAR Armor"
- Android screenshot from NETGEAR Orbi App.
Tap, next screen go to settings, then security.
Toggle off Armor Orbi is great but for the Armor BitDefender feature. What a nightmare finding the solution to turn it off.
Hi ms1, the link provided on the previous response are the steps on how to disable/turn off the Armor feature. It is also part of the firmware and can't be removed. Once disabled/turned off, the Armor functions should no longer take effect. May we know what issues are you facing with it?
Dexter
I found the on and off toggle switch for Orbi Armour but when I keep getting an error message saying it is taking too long and times out! I have tried 20 times and same timing out error message---UGH!
Hi BAM2019 . I am not sure what you mean by the on & off switch on the router, but the only way I know of to switch Armor on and off is with the Orbi app on your mobile device, as explained in this Knowledge Base article: How to Enable/Disable Armor .
