How to Close Your Laptop and Still Work on the Monitor (Windows 11)

Laptop goes to sleep every time you close the lid whilst connected to an external monitor? Change what closing the lid does and enjoy the bigger screen hassle-free.

By default, when you close the lid of your laptop, it goes to sleep mode. But what if you want to keep your laptop on when it’s closed? There may be several reasons for keeping the laptop always on even if you close its lid. For example, you want to plug your laptop into an external monitor or listen to music without looking at your bright screen. No matter what your reasons are, Windows 11 laptop will remain On even when its lid is closed.

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Even if you have an external monitor, running a Windows 11/10 laptop with its lid closed might force the PC to go to sleep. Here’s how to stop that.

If you’ve hooked up an external monitor to your laptop, you might prefer closing the laptop’s lid and maybe placing the device on a vertical stand to free up desk space. Sadly, the default power options in Windows prevent you from doing that. Shut the lid, and you trigger sleep mode.

This tutorial will apply for computers, laptops, desktops, and tablets running the Windows 10 and Windows 11 operating systems (Home, Professional, Enterprise, Education) from all supported hardware manufactures, like Dell, HP, Acer, Asus, Toshiba, Lenovo, Alienware, Razer, MSI, Huawei , Microsoft Surface, and Samsung.

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