How to avoid antivirus affecting the android emulator?

Issue

Whenever I start my emulator either it starts very late or does not start. I have to turn off Real Time scanning of antivirus. How can I exclude emulator from being scanned or make it safe so that antivirus won't scan it again?

Solution

To optimize Android Studio performance on Windows, exclude the following directories from real-time scanning by your antivirus software:

Gradle cache: %USERPROFILE%\.gradle

Android Studio projects: %USERPROFILE%\AndroidStudioProjects

Android SDK: %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Android\SDK

Android Studio system files: %LOCALAPPDATA%\Google\<product><version>*

If you're using Windows 10/11 default security app, here's a guide on how to add an exclusion: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/add-an-exclusion-to-windows-security-811816c0-4dfd-af4a-47e4-c301afe13b26

Answered By - Roozbeh Zarei