How to Add or Remove Sleep from Power menu in Windows 10
Sleep uses very little power, your PC starts up faster, and you’re instantly back to where you left off. You don’t have to worry that you'll lose your work because of your battery draining because Windows automatically saves all your work and turns off the PC if the battery is too low. Use sleep when you’re going to be away from your PC for just a little while – like when you’re taking a coffee break.
For a lot of PCs (especially laptops and tablets), your PC goes to sleep when you close your lid or press the power button.
This tutorial will show you how to add or remove sleep from showing in the Power menu for all users in Windows 10.
You must be signed in as an administrator to add or remove sleep in the Power menu.
Contents
- Option One: Add or Remove Sleep in Power Menu using Power Options
- Option Two: Add or Remove Sleep in Power Menu using a REG file
- Option Three: Add or Remove Sleep in Power Menu using Local Group Policy Editor
- Option Four: Add or Remove Sleep in Power Menu via Group Policy using a REG file
EXAMPLE: Sleep in Power menu
Alt+F4 Shut Down Windows
Ctrl+Alt+Del
Sign-in screen
Start menu
Win+X Quick Link menu
1 Open the Control Panel (icons view), and click/tap on the Power Options icon.
2 Click/tap on the Choose what the power buttons do link on the left side. (see screenshot below)
3 Click/tap on the Change settings that are currently unavailable link at the top. (see screenshot below)
4 If prompted by UAC, click/tap on Yes.
5 Do step 6 (on) or step 7 (off) below for what you would like to do.
This is the default setting
A) Check the Sleep box under Shutdown settings, and click/tap on Save changes. (see screenshot below step 7)
The downloadable .reg files below will modify the DWORD in the registry key below.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FlyoutMenuSettings
ShowSleepOption DWORD
0 = Remove
1 = Add
1 Do step 2 (add) or step 3 (remove) below for what you would like to do.
This is the default setting.
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.
Add_Sleep_in_Power_menu.reg
Download
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.
Remove_Sleep_in_Power_menu.reg
Download
4 Save the .reg file to your desktop.
5 Double click/tap on the downloaded .reg file to merge it.
6 When prompted, click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK to approve the merge.
7 If you like, you can delete the downloaded .reg file if you like.
If enabled of disabled, this option will override and gray out Option One and Option Two.
The Local Group Policy Editor is only available in the Windows 10 Pro, Enterprise, and Education editions.
All editions can use Option Four below to set this policy.
1 Open the Local Group Policy Editor.
2 In the left pane of Local Group Policy Editor, navigate to the location below. (see screenshot below)
3 In the right pane of File Explorer in Local Group Policy Editor, double click/tap on the Show sleep in the power options menu policy to edit it. (see screenshot above)
4 Do step 5 (add), step 6 (remove), or step 7 (default) below for what you would like to do.
A) Select (dot) Enabled, click/tap on OK, and go to step 8 below. (see screenshot below)
A) Select (dot) Disabled, click/tap on OK, and go to step 8 below. (see screenshot below)
8 When finished, you can close the Local Group Policy Editor if you like.
If enabled of disabled, this option will override and gray out Option One and Option Two.
The downloadable .reg files below will add and modify the DWORD value in the registry key below.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System
ShowSleepOption DWORD
(delete) = default
1 = Add
0 = Remove
1 Do step 2 (add), step 3 (remove), or step 4 (default) below for what you would like to do.
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 5 below.
Add_Sleep_to_power_menu_by_policy.reg
Download
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 5 below.
Remove_Sleep_from_power_menu_by_policy.reg
Download
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 5 below.
Default_Not_Configured_Sleep_power_menu_policy.reg
Download
5 Save the .reg file to your desktop.
6 Double click/tap on the downloaded .reg file to merge it.
7 When prompted, click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK to approve the merge.
8 When finished, you can delete the downloaded .reg file if you like.
That's it,
Shawn
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