Monitor Off is a very small and a very simple utility for Windows which you can use to turn off the monitor on your laptop or even a desktop PC and save energy. Although it can be also used on desktop computer, Monitor Off is aimed more at laptops because it’s not easy to turn off the display on a laptop manually, without shutting down the entire system.
The only thing that you’re gonna see from Monitor Off is this dialog box which comes up after clicking on the executable. Clicking on Yes will turn off your display and clicking on No cancels the entire process. There’s no menus, settings or any thing like that to tweak when it comes to using Monitor Off.
Similar software: Monitor Off Utility, Battery Optimizer.
Key features of this free monitor turn off utility are:
- Very simple to use – you just have to click on the executable
- Turns off the display on laptops and desktop PCs in one mouse click
- Portable – there’s no need for installation, run right away
- Runs on Windows – works with Windows 8, Windows 7, Vista, XP, etc.
Turning off the laptop display is possible but you have to tweak the power settings to do it for you, and this usually means that monitor still has to be active for some time before the display is actually shut down. With Monitor Off display can be turned off manually, whenever you want it turned off. Here’s a few pointers to help you get started.
How to turn off laptop display manually with Monitor Off
After downloading the archive and extracting it of course, to turn off the monitor you just need to click on the application. That’s gonna activate the Do you want to turn off your monitor dialog. The only thing that you need to do now is click on Yes and your monitor is gonna switch off.
Display is put in stand by, which is what happens by default on most systems after a certain period of time has passed. Normally first you see a screensaver, and then the display is put to stand-by and the controller light changes color to something other than the default one.
System itself is not turned off, this means that you can still listen to music, run downloads in the background, only the display is shut down. To turn it back on you need to do what you would normally do when turning on monitor from sleep, move you mouse or press a key on the keyboard.
Conclusion
Monitor Off is a great way of how you can turn off monitors and displays manually on both laptops and desktop computers. It’s probably the easiest piece of software in existence. You can have your monitor turned off in a single mouse click. It can save your laptop battery and also save your display from unnecessary wear and tear. Everything worked just fine for us, monitor was turned off and turned back on without a hitch. Give it a try and see how easy and useful Monitor Off is.
