Past default, Windows 11 PCs become into a sleep mode after a sure menstruation of time. If you'd similar to adjust your PC'southward sleep delay (or plough information technology off completely), it'due south easy to do in Settings. Hither'due south how.

Sleeping vs. Turning Off Your Screen

In Windows 11, sleeping and turning off your screen are two different (but related) things. If you put your PC to sleep, it goes into a low-power manner that temporarily shuts off certain parts of the hardware to save power. While asleep, your PC'southward screen volition plow off too.

In Windows 11, you besides take the option to turn off your PC's screen but keep your PC awake in the groundwork. That means you'll salvage some power typically used past the screen (or extend the screen's lifespan), but your PC will all the same be able to perform background tasks when necessary.

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How to Conform Your PC's Slumber Delay in Settings

To change how long it takes for your PC to go sleep, get-go launch Settings by pressing Windows+i on your keyboard. Or right-click the Beginning button and select "Settings" in the menu that appears.

In Settings, click "System" in the sidebar, and then select "Power & Bombardment."

In Power and Battery options, if the "Screen and Sleep" section is airtight, aggrandize information technology with a click. The carte volition reveal several options. If you have a bombardment-powered portable PC or tablet, you'll see four of them. If you lot have a desktop PC, y'all'll see simply two options.

Expand the "Screen and Sleep" section.

To conform how long information technology takes for your portable PC to go to slumber, click the driblet-down menu abreast "On battery power, put my device to sleep after" and select a time menstruation, such as "fifteen minutes." You can also cull "Never" to turn off sleep completely when running on battery power.

Likewise, to change the sleep delay when your PC is plugged in, apply the driblet-downwards card labeled "When plugged in, put my device to sleep after" and choose a fourth dimension. If you never want your PC to go to sleep, cull "Never."

Using the drop-down menus, choose a time for when you want your Windows 11 PC to go to sleep.

Just above the slumber options on the same Settings page, you tin can employ the "plow my screen off after" options to select a time delay for when your screen will plough off, independent of going to sleep.

Using the drop-down menus, choose a time for when you want your Windows 11 PC to turn off its screen.

After that, close Settings. Your changes take already been saved. If yous selected a specific time for any of the options, your PC volition either turn off its screen or go to sleep after that time period. Pleasant dreams!

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