How to Disable Mouse and Keyboard From Waking Up Your Windows 11 PC

Quick Tips

• Use powercfg -devicequery wake_armed to determine which device can wake your PC from sleep.
• Configure distance in Presence Sensing settings to reduce the chance of accidentally waking up the PC.
• Wake on Lan is a popular reason PCs wake up, especially in Businesses.

Method 1: Disable Option to Wakeup From Power Management

We can use the Windows Device Manager to prevent the keyboard, mouse, and touchpad from waking up your laptop or PC. The steps are the same for all three devices.

Step 1: Right-click on Start and select Device Manager.

Step 2: Go to the Keyboards section and click on the arrow next to it, to expand it.

Step 3: Select the default or connected keyboard and right-click on it. Then, select Properties from the context menu.

Step 4: Switch to the Power Management tab and uncheck the box for Allow this device to wake up the computer. Apply the changes and close Device Manager.

To disable the mouse’s wake-the-computer feature, follow the same steps, but instead, expand the Mice and other pointing devices section and disable the Allow this device to wake the computer option for HID-compliant mice.

If you are using a laptop, do the same for Topuchpad. It will be listed under Mice and other pointing devices, and you need to disable the option that can wake up the PC.

Also Read: How to fix Windows PC randomly waking up from sleep

Method 2: Disable Power Management for Keyboard and Mouse Using PowerCFG Command

If you are comfortable using the command line, quickly disable any device that can wake up your PC.

Step 1: Press Win + X to open the Power Menu and select Terminal (Admin).

Step 2: Type the below-mentioned command and press Enter to find out which devices can wake the PC from sleep.

powercfg /devicequery wake_armed

Step 3: Taking the device name from the Device Manager step, if you want to disable the HID-compliant mouse, execute the following command:

powercfg /devicedisablewake "HID-compliant mouse"

Step 4: Restart your PC; once it sleeps, try to wake it up with a mouse or key press; it should not work.

Method 3: Disable Modern Standby and Enable S3 Mode

Some users have reported that even when the Power Management is disabled, the devices can still wake up the PC, and the reason behind it is the Modern Standby.

To fix the problem, disable the S0 state and enable the S3 state. Remember, you still need to configure the power management. Before that, check if your PC has the S0 state enabled. To do so, execute powercfg /a on an elevated Windows Terminal.

If you see Standby (S0 Low Power Idle) Network Connected, the state is enabled. You can only disable it by making changes in the registry. We recommend creating a system restore point before you do so.

Step 1: Open the Run prompt (Win + R), type regedit, and press Enter to open the Registry Editor. 

Step 2: Navigate to the following path, right-click the Power key, and select New > DWORD (32-bit) Value.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Power

Step 3: Name the key as PlatformAoAcOverride and double-click to edit. Set the value as 0.

Close the registry and restart the PC. Windows should change the default state to S3 automatically. 

Method 4: Disable Presence Sensing Settings in Windows

Some modern PCs include Presence Sensing, which wakes up whenever someone is in front of the PC. While it sounds exciting, you might be causally sitting around the PC with no plans to use it, and the screen comes alive.

According to Microsoft, you can disable it.

The settings are available under the System > Power & battery section > Screen and sleep. They offer the option of automatically turning off my screen when I leave and automatically waking up my device when I approach.

You can also configure the distance and other options further.

FAQs

How to Check Which Devices Can Wake Up Your Windows PC?

Execute the command—powercfg -devicequery wake_armed—on an elevated Command Prompt or Terminal, and you can see which devices can wake up your Windows PC.

Do I Need to Disable the Wake-On-Lan to Prevent PC From Waking up From Sleep?

Disabling WoL prevents your PC from being turned on remotely, ensuring it stays in sleep mode until you manually wake it up. So yes, it’s a good idea to disable if you use WoL often.