Laptop Won't Sleep When Lid Closed Windows 11 Fix [2026]

Quick Answer: Laptop not sleeping due to wrong lid action setting. Set to Sleep in Power Options.

Fix

Control Panel → Power Options → Choose what closing the lid does → Sleep

Settings → System → Power → Screen and sleep → When plugged in, put device to sleep → Set time

powercfg /setacvalueindex scheme_current sub_none b29d5337-238c-4cf2-8fa3-9f5f4a78f8fa 0

powercfg /lastwake

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