How to Shutdown Your Computer After a Certain Time

Today I will show you a nice trick that can be very useful, After reading this, you will learn how to shutdown your computer automatically after a certain period of time without any program, this can be very useful for people who like download, now you can let your downloads and schedule computer to shut down after a certain time, this can be even helpful for parents who don’t want to let there kids for a long time behind a computer.

Schedule computer to shutdown after a certain time:

To schedule your computer to shut down, all you have to do is: 

1. Click on “Start”.
2. Select “Run”.
3. Then type the following command: shutdown -s -t 3600
4. Press “Enter”.

Please note:

• Be careful about the spaces between the characters (just copy/past).
• 3600 is in second, That means 1 hour.

After entering this command your computer will automatically shutdown after 1 hour, you can increase that time by doing a simply multiplying 3600 by the number of hours that you want.

• Shutdown after 3 hours = 3600 x 3= 10800.
• Shutdown after 5 minutes= 5 x 60= 300.

• To automatically shutdown after 3 hours you enter: shutdown -s -t 10800
• To automatically shutdown after 5 minutes you enter: shutdown -s -t 300

NB:  After that you have scheduled your computer to shutdown you will see a countdown window.

Cancel scheduled shutdown

If at anytime, for any reason, you want to cancel the scheduled shutdown it’s very simple:

1. Click on “Start”.
2. Select “Run”.
3. Then type the following command: shutdown -a
4. Press “Enter”.