5 easy ways on How to shut down computer
How to shut down Computer with keyboard, or how to shutdown computer with Command Prompt.
If you’re like most people, you probably use your computer for a variety of tasks every day. There are many reasons why you may want to shut down your PC. It could be to resolve a problem you’re having or simply you’ve done what you needed to do.
But what do you do when it’s time to shut down your Windows (laptop or desktop) PC?
There are a few different ways to shut down your computer, and we’re going to walk you through some of them.
How to shut down computer with keyboard
Shutting down your Windows 10 computer with a keyboard is easy when you follow the steps listed below:
- Press these 3 keys simultaneously: ” CTRL + ALT + DEL “.
- Use the Tab Key to move through the options in the center, to get to the Power icon on the bottom right.
- When the power icon is selected, press “ENTER key” or “Return key” to reveal the shutdown options.
- Select “Shutdown” to begin shutting down your PC.
How to shut down laptop with keyboard
Another way of shutting your laptop down with keyboard is to use a key combination as follows:
- Press ” Windows Logo Key + X ” at the same time (simultaneously) to access the power menu.
- Use the cursor keys (arrow keys) to navigate to the option of your choice.
- Sign Out
- Sleep
- Shutdown
- Restart
How to shutdown computer with Command Prompt.
If you want to shut down your computer with the command prompt, the procedure follows below:
- Type “CMD” in the search field
- Select the best match “command prompt“.
- Use the cursor keys to navigate to “Run as administrator” on the right.
- (You can run the shutdown command as standard user as well)
- Command prompt opens up.
- Type the following:
- ” Shutdown /s ” to Shutdown your computer or laptop.
- ” Shutdown /r ” to Restart your computer or laptop.
To find out what else you can do with the shutdown.exe command you can type the following: ” Shutdown /?” or “shutdown /help“
How to shut down computer – Windows 10
The different methods described in this article “How to shut down computer“ are applicable for use in Windows 10 to shut down your computer. You choose what you prefer to use.
Generally, if your mouse and PC are responsive, most users would navigate using the mouse to access the power menu options.
- Right-Click the Windows Logo (located at the bottom left of your screen) to reveal the power menu options or
- You can left click Windows Logo (located at the bottom left of your screen) to see the power icon that you click to reveal shutdown menu.
How to shut down Windows 11
You can use the same tips shown in this article to shut down or restart a Windows 11 PC.
How to shutdown computer with the Power Button.
You can use the physical Power button to shut down the computer abruptly or to shut down laptop gracefully where it closes running programs normally.
Shutdown PC gracefully when computer is not responding to both mouse and keyboard.
Push in the power button momentarily and immediately release.
This action starts the shutdown process where running Apps are closed normally and data is saved.
Shutdown PC abruptly when computer is not responding to both mouse and keyboard.
If you cannot shutdown your laptop or desktop PC using quick power button push in as described above then you can remove power from computer by keeping your finger pressing the power switch for 3 to 5 seconds. This will crash shutdown PC and you may lose any unsaved data.
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