Youll need to go into your computers prefs to do this.

select theWindows Start menu iconand choose theSettingsapp.

Once youre in tweaks, click onPower and Battery.

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Look for the Screen and Sleep option; you should see various options.

Power and Battery Windows 11

Under theScreen and Sleepsection, youll see various options.

Another option would be to use the Control Panel.

Power and battery Windows 11

Once its open, click onHardware and Sound, followed byPower Options.

On the left, youll see different options; press the one that saysChange when the computer sleeps.

press the dropdown menu for the Turn off the display option and choose from the available options.

Change when computer sleeps Windows 11

So the command will look likes this:powercfg -change -monitor-timeout-dc 60.

The only thing that changes is that it goes from ac to dc before the number 60.

Thats all there is to it.

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Right-select your desktop and choose thePersonalizeoption from the list.

Once youre in Personalization, punch theLock screenoption.

Under theRelated Settingssection, punch theScreen Timeout option.

Click onScreen and sleep.

There are some benefits to having your screen go dark shortly after youve stopped using it.

tap on theWindows Start Menuand the cogwheel to go toSettings.

Once youre in controls, click onSystem, followed byPower and Sleep.

The option at the bottom is to put your gear to sleep, which is different.

For example, you’ve got the option to do that with yourSamsung Galaxy S9.