In this Itechguide, Victor teaches you how to shutdown Windows 10. The guide covers steps for 3 methods to shutdown Windows 10.
Option 1: Shutdown from Start Menu
There are two methods to Shutdown from Start menu: Left-click and Right-click methods
Method 1: Shutdown by Left-clicking Start Menu
- Left-click the Start Menu and click the power button icon. 3 additional options will be displayed above the power button icon.
- To shutdown your PC, from the additional displayed options, click the Shut down button.
- However, to shutdown and restart your PC, click the Restart button (beneath the Shut down button)
- You may also put your PC to sleep by selecting the Sleep button.
Method 2: Shutdown by Right-clicking the Start Menu
You can also shutdown Windows 10 PC, restart or put the PC to sleep by right-clicking the Windows 10 start menu. Here are the steps…
- Right-click the start menu, point to Shut down or sign out. Finally, to shutdown your PC, click the Shut down button.
Option 2: Shutdown from CMD
- Type command prompt or cmd in the search box. Windows 10 search will display and select Command Prompt.
- On the command prompt, use one of the Shutdown commands in the table below – what each command does is explained in the table.
| S/N | Shutdown command | What the command does |
| 1 | shutdown /i | Displays the Shutdown graphical user interface (GUI) |
| 2 | shutdown /l | Command Logs off the computer. This cannot be used with /m or /d options |
| 3 | shutdown /s | This command shuts down the PC after a delay. |
| 4 | shutdown /r | Performs a full shut down and restarts the computer.s |
| 5 | shutdown /a | Use this command to abort a system shutdown – possible during a shutdown countdown. |
| 6 | shutdown /p | Shutdown the local computer with no time-out or warning. Shuts down immediately. |
| 7 | shutdown /h | This shutdown command hibernates the local computer. |
*/m option is used to specify a remote computer – you cannot use the shutdown command to log off a remote PC.
*/d option provides the reason for the computer restart or shutdown – this cannot be done when you are logging off a PC.
Option 3: Shutdown with PowerShell
- Type powershell in the search box. Then, from the search results, click Windows PowerShell.
- Then, on the PowerShell prompt, use one of the Stop-Computer or Restart-Computer Cmdlets in the table below – what each command does is explained in the table.
| S/N | Shutdown or Restart Cmdlet | What the command does |
| 1 | Stop-Computer -ComputerName localhost | Shuts down the local computer after a timeout notification |
| 2 | Stop-Computer -ComputerName “RemoteComputer” | This command will shutdown the remote computer, RemoteComputer. |
| 3 | Stop-Computer -ComputerName “RemoteComputer” -Credential “Credential with permission to restart the computer” | Specifies an account with permission to shutdown the computer, RemoteComputer. |
| 4 | Stop-Computer -ComputerName “RemoteComputer” -Force | This command shuts down the computer immediately without any delay or countdown |
| 5 | Restart-Computer | Shuts down and restarts the local computer |
| 6 | Restart-Computer -ComputerName RemoteComputer1 | This command will shutdown and restart the Windows 10 PC, ComputerName. |
| 7 | Restart-Computer -ComputerName $RemotecomputerName -Credential “Credential” -Force | This Restart-Computer command uses the username specified in “Credential” to restart the computer. The Force parameter forces the computer to restart immediately. |
You can use the 3 methods covered in this Itechguide to shutdown Windows 10!
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