On Windows 10, the Shutdown tool allows you to power off and restart the local or remote computer through Command Prompt, and here’s how to use it.

More than 200 CMD commands will help you to carry out different things. By following these you will know how to shut down your PC using the Command Prompt.

How to shut down your computer on schedule On Windows 11, you have at least seven different methods to shut down your computer at a specific time, and here's how.

Learn how to Remote Restart or Shut down your Windows 11/10 computer using Remote Desktop Connection, PowerShell, Command Prompt or Shutter.

For instance, if you want the computer to shut down in 2 hours, the command should look like shutdown -s -t 7200. If you want to restart your computer on a delay, use shutdown -r -t XXXX instead.

Your computer could turn off automatically. Learn how to use this feature via CMD shutdown timer, task scheduler, desktop shortcut, and more.

To schedule your computer to turn off after downloading, open Command Prompt and type shutdown -s -t <number in seconds>. Press Enter, and your computer will shut down after the specified time.

Check out the video below from CNET to learn how to manually create command prompt as well as a shortcut to have your computer turn off all by itself.

How to reset a Windows 11 PC to factory settings Finally, you can also create a task with the Task Scheduler to run a specific command that will shut down the computer at a specified time.