4 Ways to Disable Hibernation in Windows 10 and 11

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Note: The methods and steps below are demonstrated on Windows 11; however, you can follow the same on Windows 10.

Method 1: Using the Control Panel

Step 1: Press theWindows keyon your keyboard, typeControl Panel, and clickOpen.

Step 2: SelectSystem and Security.

Step 3: Under Power Options, chooseChange what the power buttons do.

Step 4: Click onChange settings that are currently unavailable.

Step 5: In the Shut-down settings, uncheck theHibernateoption and clickSave changes.

Method 2: Using the Command Prompt

Note: This method doesn’t work on Virtual Machines.

Step 1: Press the Windows key on your keyboard, typeCommand Prompt, and clickRun as administrator.

Step 2: Type the below command and pressEnter.

Method 3: Using the Windows Registry

Because we will be using Registry Editor, we strongly advise backing up the Windows Registry before proceeding with the steps below.

Step 1: Press the Windows key on your keyboard, typeRegistry Editor, and clickRun as administrator. In the prompt, selectYes.

Step 2: In the top address bar, enter the mentioned address.

Note: You can manually navigate to the section too.

Step 3:Double-clickHibernateEnabled.

Step 4: Under ‘Edit DWORD (32-bit) Value’, type0in the Value Data field and pressOK.

Note: Type 1 to enable the hibernation option on Windows.

Finally, restart the system to implement the changes. And that’s it! When the system boots back up, Windows’ hibernation mode will be disabled.

If you don’t want to disable hibernation from the registry, go with theGroup Policy editor; check out the next method.

Method 4: Using Windows Group Policy

Group Policy Editor is only available in the Windows 11 Pro and Enterprise versions. You cannot use this method using Windows 11 Home Edition.

Step 1: Press the Windows keys on your keyboard, typegpedit, and clickOpen.

Step 2: In the left pane, under Local Computer Policy, selectComputer Configuration.

Step 3:In the right pane, double-click onAdministrative Templates.

Step 4: Select theWindows Componentsoption.

Step 5: Under the Windows Components option, locate and click onFile Explorer.

Step 6: Navigate to theShow hibernate in the power options menu.

Step 7: In the ‘Show hibernate in the power options menu’ window, selectDisabled. Finally, click onApply>OK.

There you go. Now, all you need to do is reboot Windows. And once it boots back up, it will disable the hibernation mode. If you want to roll back, select the Enable option and click Apply followed by OK under the ‘Show hibernate in the power options menu’ window.

If you are running short of disk space because of hibernation, you candelete the hibernation fileon Windows and free up some space.

FAQs

This is because hibernation requires a certain amount of disk space to store the contents of the RAM when the computer goes into hibernation mode. Some devices may not have enough disk space to support hibernation, which is why hibernation mode is disabled by default on certain devices.

Sleep and hibernate are two power-saving modes on Windows. However, they differ in how they save the system state. When you put your computer to sleep, it goes into a low-power state. This means the computer’s state is saved in RAM, and the hardware components are put into low-power mode.When you put your computer into hibernation, it saves the current system state to the hard drive and then powers off. The next time you turn on your computer, it will restore the previous system state from the hard drive and start-up as if you restarted it. This can be useful when saving power or resuming your work later.

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Last updated on 31 May, 2024

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