Depending on your mouse’s sensitivity, even a slight movement can cause Windows to wake up from sleep. Similarly, if you have a problematic keyboard, any accidental keypress will wake your PC from sleep mode.
The good thing is that you can easily prevent your mouse and keyboard from waking up your Windows 11 computer. So, if you don’t want your Windows 11 PC to wake up automatically due to accidental mouse movement or keypress, here’s what you should do.
1. Find which devices can wake up your PC
The first step is to find devices that can wake up your Windows 11 PC. Once you know the devices, you can easily prevent them from waking up your Windows 11 PC. Here’s how you can find out which devices.
1. Open Command Prompt from the Windows Search.
2. In Command Prompt, enter the command shared below:
powercfg -devicequery wake_armed
3. The Command Prompt will list all devices that can wake up your PC.
2. Disable Mouse and Keyboard from Waking Up Your PC
After finding a list of devices that can wake up your Windows 11 computer, you need to follow these steps to stop the process.
1. Click on the Windows 11 search and type in Device Manager. Next, open the Device Manager app from the list.
2. In Device Manager, expand Keyboards. Next, right-click on the connected keyboard and select Properties.
3. In the keyboard properties, switch to the Power Management tab. Uncheck the option Allow this device to wake the computer. Once done, click Ok.
4. Move back to the Device Manager. This time, right-click on the Mouse and select Properties.
5. In the Mouse Properties, switch to the Power Management tab and uncheck Allow this device to wake the computer. Once done, click OK.
If you ever wish to revert the changes, uncheck ‘Allow this device to wake the computer’ in Step 3 and Step 5. You need to implement the same steps for other devices that wake up your computer.
