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  • 5/31/2025
This step-by-step tutorial video will show you how to stop your PC from turning off automatically after inactivity on Windows 11.

To stop your computer from turning off by itself on Windows 11, right-click the Windows start menu button, click 'Settings', click 'System', click 'Power & battery', click 'Screen, sleep, & hibernate timeouts', ensure that 'Never' is selected for all options, and then close settings.
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00:01How to stop your PC from turning off automatically after inactivity on Windows 11
00:06First of all, your computer is not completely turning itself off.
00:10Instead, it is putting itself into sleep mode.
00:14This video will show you how to prevent this.
00:17Right-click on the Windows Start Menu button.
00:20Click Settings.
00:23Click System.
00:28Click Power and Battery.
00:33Click Screen, Sleep, and Hibernate Timeouts.
00:38Ensure that Never is selected for all options.
00:45Close Settings.
00:49Windows 11 will no longer automatically turn off your screen or put your computer into sleep mode.

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