Specify the day of the week to run a scheduled scan

Policy ID
Scan_ScheduleDay
Scope
Computer Configuration
Supported on
At least Windows Server 2012, Windows 8 or Windows RT
Source
Administrative Templates (.admx) for Windows 11 2026 Update (26H2) (version 1.0)
Category
Windows Components › Microsoft Defender Antivirus › Scan

Description

This policy setting allows you to specify the day of the week on which to perform a scheduled scan. The scan can also be configured to run every day or to never run at all.

This setting can be configured with the following ordinal number values:
(0x0) Every Day
(0x1) Sunday
(0x2) Monday
(0x3) Tuesday
(0x4) Wednesday
(0x5) Thursday
(0x6) Friday
(0x7) Saturday
(0x8) Never (default)

If you enable this setting, a scheduled scan will run at the frequency specified.

If you disable or do not configure this setting, a scheduled scan will run at a default frequency.

Options

  • Specify the day of the week to run a scheduled scan
    • Never
    • Every Day
    • Sunday
    • Monday
    • Tuesday
    • Wednesday
    • Thursday
    • Friday
    • Saturday

Registry

ComputerHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
  • ScheduleDay-
  • ScheduleDayREG_DWORD

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