How to Adjust Power and Sleep Settings

Change what your computer does when the lid is closed (sleep, nothing, turn off) and change the power settings to conserve battery power.

Jessica Baird
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2 minutes

Type "power" in the search bar. Open the "Power, sleep, and battery settings".

Click "Screen and sleep"

Choose when and how you want your laptop to sleep or turn off when plugged in or when the laptop is running on battery power.

Change what your laptop does when the lid is closed. Your laptop may be running and your battery draining when the lid is closed instead of going to sleep. In the search box type "lid" and open "Change what closing the lid does".

Click "When I close the lid: (On battery)"

Click "Sleep"

Click "When I close the lid: (Plugged in)"

Choose what you want your computer to do

Click "Save changes"