What is the hotkey to put my Windows to sleep?

Question

My keyboard doesn't have power-related keys. I would like to enter the hybrid sleep using the keyboard and only with a minimum of keystrokes.

If there is none, how do I bind a hotkey to it?

Answer 1

In English Windows (versions prior to Windows 10)

Windows , → , → , s will put the computer to sleep.

In English Windows 10

Win+X , U , S

If sleep is configured to be hybrid, then it will be a hybrid sleep.

Answer 2

Windows doesn't have a standard hotkey or keyboard shortcut for going to sleep - except the "sleep" button that you see on some keyboards.

Instead, you can use a program to trigger the sleep state, and you can assign a shortcut to launch this program:

1. Download Steve's Wizmo tool.
2. Create a shortcut to this program on your desktop.
3. Right-click the shortcut, and select Properties.
4. In the field Target, add the word standby. *)
5. Click in the field Shortcut key, then press the key combination you want to use. This is then displayed in the field. Note: Not all shortcuts work, e.g. Win+S gets translated to Ctrl-Alt-S instead.
6. Click OK and try out the shortcut!

*) See the Wizmo webpage for complete documentation. Wizmo can do lots more!

Answer 3

Starting in Windows 8, and continuing in Windows 10, at least as of the Creators Update, the +x menu allows quick access to the "shut down or sign out menu." And it has sensible accelerators; "u" for the shut down menu, and then "s" for sleep.

You can sleep with the sequence + X, U, S.

Answer 4

You can use the free utility NirCmd as follows:

"C:\Program Files\Nircmd\nircmd.exe" standby

The rest you can find in torbengb's answer.

Answer 5

You can try this command instead (no external programs are required):

Rundll32.exe Powrprof.dll,SetSuspendState Sleep

Answer 6

You can use an AutoHotkey script:

Pause::
    DllCall("PowrProf\SetSuspendState", "int", 0, "int", 0, "int", 0)
    Return

It will put the PC to sleep when you press "Pause Break".

You can change the key to any combination you want.

Source: https://gist.github.com/davejamesmiller/1965847

Answer 7

My method doesn't satisfy the minimum keystrokes requirement I guess...

But anyway...

+ D to go to the desktop, and from there press Alt + F4

Choose the action and then press Enter. It's three keyboard operations if sleep is your default action. I kind of like the Alt + F4 window it brings up.

Answer 8

Another good option: Use "psshutdown -d -t 0"

From PsTools of SysInternals: Download

Create the shortcut with its hotkeys. Pin the shortcut to taskbar, have it on desktop, and use hotkeys ;D.

Answer 9

Way back, you were asking about a shortcut for "hybrid sleep" which goes for stationary PS's. E.g., to avoid a RAM erase if an external power supply would be accidentally cut off. I have not activated this function, but only normal "sleep" on my laptop, which have a power back-up by an internal battery.

Still in 2022 it seems there isn't any easy shortcut on Windows for sleep mode. If none of the above answers fits you (or more recent visitors), you can try "my" easy method. I have configured the power button on the laptop keyboard to go into sleep instead of shut down.

See below (note that my Windows 10-system is in Danish, so maybe it is not the quite the correct translations here)

• go to Control panel
• go to System
• go to Power options
• In the right column of the window chose "Advanced power management"

Now you are at the options for Power Management Plans. In the left column, I can select what happens when I press the power on/off button, and reconfigure the action from "shut down" to "sleep", "hibernate", and maybe "hybrid sleep".

So, voilà, I just press the power button on the laptop (or the PC?) to go to sleep mode. Again: I am not sure if it works on PCs, but good luck.

Answer 10

1.make hibernation unavailable,cmd Run as Administrator:

powercfg.exe /hibernate off

2.make a shortcup:

Rundll32.exe Powrprof.dll,SetSuspendState Sleep