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How to Stop Windows 11 Going to Sleep So Quickly

Published 11 September 2026

If your Windows 11 computer turns the screen off or goes to sleep too quickly, you can change the timeout settings.

Open:

Settings > System > Power & battery

Expand:

Screen, sleep & hibernate timeouts

You can now change how long Windows waits before:

Turning off the screen

and:

Putting the computer to sleep

Choose the time you prefer from each drop-down menu.

On a laptop, you may see separate settings for when the computer is running on battery power and when it is plugged in.

If you do not want the computer to go to sleep automatically, select:

Never

for the sleep setting.

Changing these settings does not stop you putting the computer to sleep manually from the Start menu.

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