How to Prevent Windows 10 from Going to Sleep

Last Updated: October 25, 2022 Tested

Sleep is a feature on your computer that allows you to save your computers state in a very low power mode. Sleep can be continent when you aren't going to use your computer for a while and you want to save everything that is open, but it can also cause problems. Having your computer go to sleep can be annoying when it comes on too fast, or when it causes issues with your games. But don't worry, this wikiHow will teach you how to prevent Windows 10 from going to sleep.

Things You Should Know

While Sleep saves your laptop's battery, it can be annoying if it activates too quickly or if it causes issues with your games.
Prevent your Windows 10 from going to sleep using Settings or Control Panel.
You can change the Power Mode to "Never" so your computer never goes to Sleep.

Method 1

Method 1 of 2:

Using the Settings App

1
Open the Settings app. Click the Start
button in the lower-left corner of your screen and select the settings gear
.
2
Open the System category. It's the first category to the very left of the app.

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3
Select Power and sleep from the left pane.^{[1]
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4
Disable sleep. Set both of the drop down menus under "Sleep" to "Never".

Method 2

Method 2 of 2:

Using the Control Panel

1
Open the Control Panel. You can do this by right-clicking the Start
button, and then clicking on "control panel" in the context menu that comes up.
- You can also open the control panel by pressing ⊞ Win+X at the same time.
2
Open Power Options. It will be under the "System and Security" header.^{[2]
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3
Click on the link ‘Choose when to turn off the display‘ from the left pane of the window screen.
4
Set both the drop down menus next to "Sleep" to Never. Make sure to save the changes before closing the window.

Warnings

This will not stop your laptop from going to sleep if you close the screen.

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Disabling sleep on battery power may decrease your computer's battery life.

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