Steps to set screen off time on laptop

The default on Windows is set the screen off time is 10 minutes, but for some people that time is not reasonable and they want to change them to suit their needs. For Windows, we have a lot of ways to adjust the screen off time, but here are the 3 most popular and effective ways.

1. Set screen off time directly

If you want to find the fastest and easiest way, this is your first choice.

Step 1: At the main desktop screen, right-click and select Personalize to open the performance settings.

Step 2: In the Settings window, go to Lock screen (1) and select Screen timeout settings (2) to open the automatic screen off setting.

Step 3: In the Power & Sleep section, we will have 02 items set up as follows:

1. Screen: Time to turn off the computer screen after not using
2. Sleep: Time to put the device into Sleep mode (sleep) after not using it.

2. Set screen off time directly

In addition to setting the time directly on the screen, you can choose to set it through the Control Panel.

Step 1: At the main interface of the screen, open MenuStart and enter Control Panel to open.

Step 2: Then, go to the System and Security section to open the settings related to the computer system.

Step 3: Next, go to Power Options to open performance-related settings.

Step 4: Then, select Choose when to turn off the display.

Step 5: Finally, you need to set the following content:

1. Turn off the display: Time to turn off the screen after not using
2. Put the computer to sleep: The time it takes to put the computer to sleep after not using it.

3. Set screen off time using Command Prompt

Command Prompt allows you to get a wide range of settings on your computer through code, but setting it up on CMD is a lot more complicated.

Step 1: At the main interface of the computer screen, open the Start Menu and enter CMD and then select Run as administrator.

Step 2: When the CMD window appears, enter the command as follows:

powercfg.exe /SETACVALUEINDEX SCHEME_CURRENT SUB_VIDEO VIDEOCONLOCK 'Number of seconds'

Note: In the above command, you need to replace 'seconds' with the amount of time you want to turn off the screen after not using it (in units of s - seconds). For example: 5 minutes = 300s, 10 minutes = 600s.

Step 3: Finally, you need to enter the following command to confirm the above changes.

powercfg.exe /SETACTIVE SCHEME_CURRENT

Once done, proceed to close the Command Prompt window and restart the computer to check.

In this article, TipsMake has shown you how to set the time to turn off the computer and laptop screen quickly and effectively. Have a nice day!

Jessica Tanner

Update 03 June 2021