How to Turn Off the Chromebook Screen When the Device Is

This practical guide walks through how to turn off the chromebook screen when the device is, explains the main requirements, and highlights common issues that may appear along the way.

In case you have connected your Chromebook to a separate display and interacted mainly on the removable screen, you can completely turn off the screen of the device to save battery power. Proceed as follows.

How to turn off the Chromebook screen when using an external display

There are basically two ways for you to use your Chromebook with an external display (removable).

• Scenario 1: This second monitor could be the secondary monitor independent of the Chromebook display.
• Scenario 2: You can project the Chromebook's screen directly onto the removable screen, for example, to get a larger display space.

To turn off the Chromebook's home screen while the device is connected to a separate display, this is only applicable in the second case.

After successfully connecting your Chromebook to the removable display, access the ' Settings ' app from the home screen.

Next, navigate to the ' Device ' section and click on ' Displays '.

On this screen you will see how the two screens are arranged. Check the box next to ' Mirror Built-in Display ' option.

The removable display will now reflect anything on the Chromebook home screen. The next step is to allow the Chromebook screen to turn off while using the removable display. Click the back arrow button to return to the device settings menu.

Navigate to the ' Device ' section, then click on ' Power '.

Finally, tap the switch on the right to turn off the ' Sleep When Cover is Closed ' option.

From now on, when you close your Chromebook, the discrete display will continue to accurately mirror content from the home screen.