7 ways to turn off Windows 10 laptop screen

If you are using a Windows 10 laptop and just want to turn off the screen and do not want to enter Sleep Mode, this is the way.

Desktop computers often have multiple keys to turn on / off the screen quickly, thus saving electricity because the screen is very power consuming. A few laptops also have these shortcuts, but if not, some of the following apply on Windows 10 to do this.

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Method 1: Turn off the Windows 10 screen with the power button

By default setting, pressing the power button will turn off the device. You can change this setting again and press the power button to turn off the screen as follows.

Step 1 : Open Settings. Go to System > Power & Sleep.

Step 2 : In the Related Settings section , click Additional Power Settings to open the Power Options window .

Open the Power Options window

Step 3 : At the left panel, click Choose what the powers do to open the System Settings window.

Open the System Settings window

Step 4 : In the Power and sleep buttons and lid settings section , you can choose the operation that the machine will do when pressing the power button. Right next to When I press the power button , select Turn off the display for both the Battery and Plugged in columns .

Turn off the screen on both columns

Finally select Save changes to save. Then, pressing the power button will turn off the screen, and when you want to turn off the phone, press and hold for a few seconds.

Method 2: Turn off the screen with the Turn off Screen script

Turn off Screen is a script file in .BAT format that can be downloaded from Microsoft TechNet repository.gallery.technet.microsoft.com/scriptcenter/Turn-off-screen-4d173e0a. After downloading, double click the file to turn off the computer screen. When you double click, you will see the Command Prompt window in seconds.

For quick use, pin this file to the taskbar, Start Menu or leave it right on the desktop.

Use the available script Turn Off Screen very quickly

Method 3: Turn off the Windows 10 screen using Turn Off Monitor

Turn Off Monitor is a software that turns off your computer screen with a shortcut or just one click and no installation required. You should pin it to the taskbar for quick operation. It also doesn't have any complicated software or setup interface, just launch it to turn off the screen. Download Turn Off Monitor here.https://sourceforge.net/projects/turnoffmonitor/

The software turns off the screen without very compact interface

Method 4: Use DisplayOff to turn off Windows 10 laptop screen

DisplayOff is another software that quickly turns off the laptop screen, quite similar to Turn Off Monitor, with no interface at all. Download this software here.https://sourceforge.net/projects/doff/

Method 5: Turn off the computer screen using Monitor Enerrgy Saver

MonitorES or Monitor Energy Saver is software that turns off the screen when you lock your computer. Besides that, it also automatically stops all running programs and leaves the application status message on Away. Download MonitorES here.https://github.com/ukanth/monitores

Monitor Energy Saver also automatically stops running programs

Method 6: Use Dark to turn off the laptop screen

This is also a small software to turn off the screen. When installing Dark on Windows 10, it will create a shortcut. Double-click that Dark.exe shortcut, you will open the software and transfer it to the system tray. To turn off the screen, just double click the Dark icon on the system tray.

Dark's icon on the system tray

Method 7: Use BlackTop to turn off the Windows 10 screen

Finally, BlackTop, the software turns off the screen with a shortcut. When launched, it will be in the system tray. To turn off the screen, simply use Ctrl + Alt + B. Download BlackTop here.softpedia.com/get/System/Launchers-Shutdown-Tools/BlackTop.shtml

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