Windows 10 offers various customizable sleep setting options, so your PC sleeps exactly the way you want. For example, you can set your PC to sleep after a predefined time period has elapsed. You can even make your PC fall asleep when you close your laptop’s lid.
In this guide, we’ll take a look at some of the Windows 10 sleep settings that you can tweak on your PC.
Choose the Idle Duration After Which Your PC Sleeps
When you configure sleep settings for your PC, the first option to define is how long your PC should be in idle mode to enter sleep mode. You can choose different options for both when your machine is plugged into a power source and when your machine is running on battery.
- Iepenje de ynstellings app on your PC by pressing Windows + I kaaien tagelyk.
- Útkieze Systeem op it skerm ynstellings.
- Kieze Krêft en sliep fanôf de sydbalke oan de linkerkant.
- Define when your PC goes to sleep in the Sliep section on the right. Select an option from both drop-down menus depending on when your PC should enter sleep mode.
If you don’t want your PC to ever enter sleep mode, choose Nea from both drop-down menus. This way, your PC never goes into sleep mode and always remains awake.
Put Your Laptop to Sleep When You Close the Lid
Windows 10 offers a sleep setting where you can put your laptop to sleep when you close the laptop’s lid. This is a handy and time-saving tip if you manually put your laptop to sleep mode while closing the lid.
- Iepenje de ynstellings app on your PC by pressing Windows + I.
- Gean nei Systeem > Krêft en sliep yn 'e app's ynstellings.
- Kieze Ekstra ynstellings foar krêft from the sidebar on the right.
- Útkieze Kies wat de liening slút fan 'e linker-sidebar.
- Útkieze Sliep fan beide Op de batterij en Oanslúten drop-down menus for the As ik de lid is slute opsje.
- Útkieze Bewarje feroarje at the bottom of the window to save your settings.
Prevent Your Mouse From Waking Up Your PC From Sleep
By default, Windows 10 allows your mouse or trackpad’s movement to bring your PC out of sleep mode. If you don’t want this to happen, turn off an option for your mouse in your PC’s Device Manager tool.
- Iepenje de Start menu, sykje nei Device Manager, en selektearje Device Manager yn 'e sykresultaten.
- Expand de Mûs en oare oanwiisapparaat section in Device Manager.
- Right-click your mouse in the device list and select eigenskippen út it menu.
- Tagong by de Enerzjybehear ljepper op it Eigenskippen finster.
- Disable the Jou dit apparaat om de kompjûter te wekkerjen opsje. Selektearje dan OK op 'e boaiem.
From now on, when your PC is in sleep mode and you move your cursor, your PC will remain in sleep and won’t come out of sleep mode.
Disable Hybrid Sleep Setting to Prevent Issues
Hybrid sleep in Windows 10 is the combination of sleep and hibernation modes. This combination sometimes creates various issues on your system. To prevent that from happening, it’s worth toggling off this option on your computer.
- Open Control Panel on your PC. The easiest way to do this is to open the Start menu, sykje nei Control Panel, en selektearje dy opsje yn 'e sykresultaten.
- Kieze Hardware en sound op it finster fan Control Panel.
- Útkieze Power Options on the screen that follows.
- Find your active power plan and select Planynstellings wizigje neist jo plan.
- Útkieze Feroarje ynskeakele power-ynstellingen.
- Expand de Sliep opsje op 'e Power Options finster.
- Expand Tastean hybride sliep en kies Út foar beide Op de batterij en Oanslúten opsjes.
- Útkieze Tapasse folge troch OK oan 'e boaiem fan it finster.
Change Your Power Plan to Apply Different Windows 10 Sleep Settings
Each power plan on your Windows 10 PC carries different sleep settings. If you want to quickly apply a specific set of power and sleep settings to your PC, change your power plan to the one that has the sleep settings you want.
Sa te dwaan:
- Parse Windows + R kaaien om de run doaze.
- Typ it folgjende yn 'e run doaze en druk Yngean: powercfg.cpl
- You’ll see the power plans available on your PC. Select the radio button beside the plan that you’d like to activate.
Your PC now uses both power and sleep settings from your selected power plan. If a plan doesn’t meet your needs, you can quickly and easily switch to another plan whenever you want.
Create a Power Plan With Custom Sleep Settings
If the Windows 10 sleep settings you need are not available in the default power plan, you can create your own custom power plan. You can copy the settings from an existing plan, tweak them to your requirements, and make a custom plan of yours.
- Rjochts-klikke op de Start menu en kies Power Options.
- Útkieze Ekstra ynstellings foar krêft from the right sidebar.
- Kieze Create a power plan from the options in the left sidebar.
- Select an existing plan to copy settings from, type a name for your new power plan, and choose Folgjende.
- Jou de display off and sleep settings, and then select Meitsje.
- You’ll now see your newly created power plan on your screen. This plan is now in use and is the default power plan for your PC.
- To change your power plan’s advanced options, select Planynstellings wizigje > Feroarje ynskeakele power-ynstellingen.
Customize Your Windows 10 PC’s Sleep Patterns to Your Liking
Windows 10 comes with appropriate sleep settings enabled, but these don’t always match a user’s requirements. Luckily, you can customize these sleep settings to your own specifications and make the sleep feature function exactly the way you want.
And, if your Windows 10 PC still won’t sleep, there are ways to fix that issue.