Set Automatic Shutdown Timer in Windows 10/8/7

To set automatic shutdown timer, you don’t require to download any extra software/tool. This can easily be done from Run Command Window, Commandprompt and also by using Windows Task Scheduler. Steps are pretty simple and straightforward; anyone non-technical person can also do it. Just follow the step by step guide as given below for 3 methods:

Method 1: Using Run Command Window

In method 1 and method 2, we gonna use a simple command to shutdown our system after a specific period of time.

Just open Run Command Window by pressing ‘Windows key+r’ and type ‘shutdown -s -t 3600’ and press ‘Enter’. Here ‘3600’ is the time in ‘seconds’. A message will pop up that Windows will automatic shutdown after the set specific time.

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Cancel the Set Timer:

To cancel the set timer, again open ‘run command window‘ and type command: ‘shutdown -a‘. You will get instantly a message that your scheduled shutdown has been cancelled.

Method 2: Using Command Prompt:

Similar to the method 1, explained above, we also going to use the same command in ‘Commandprompt‘.

To open command-prompt, Go to Start Menu and search for ‘Command Prompt’ OR directly open run window and type ‘CMD.’ Now type the same command: ‘shutdown -s -t 3600’ and press enter.

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A message will also pop up that Windows will automatic shutdown after the set specific time, as shown above.

Cancel the Set Timer

To cancel the set timer, again open ‘command prompt‘ and type command: ‘shutdown -a‘ and press enter. You will get instantly a message that your scheduled shutdown has been cancelled, as shown above.