++Power

Put Display to Sleep on Mac

Mac · Spotlight & System
ActionPut Display to Sleep
Shortcut⌃ + ⇧ + Power
PlatformMac
CategorySpotlight & System

About this shortcut

On Mac, you can put display to sleep with ⌃ + ⇧ + Power. Turns the display off instantly. It sits in the Spotlight & System group and is one of the Mac shortcuts people look up most, so it is worth committing to memory — it works the same way across almost every app that follows standard Mac conventions.

How to use it

1

Get ready

Open the app or screen where you want to put display to sleep.

2

Press the keys

Press ⌃ + ⇧ + Power.

3

Done

Turns the display off instantly.

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