Windows 10 waking up from sleep on its own

Rifat Farazi 36

My laptop model is Asus x507UF and OS is windows 10.
when is press sleep from start menu it goes to sleep but after a few second it automatically waking up without any interaction.
what can i do now?

Jenny Feng 14,146 Reputation points

2020-12-11T09:10:04.397+00:00

@Rifat Farazi
Hi,

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Bradley Rhodes 11 Reputation points

2021-02-03T17:07:52.033+00:00

"To keep your computer from waking up in sleep mode, go to Power & Sleep Settings. Then click Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings and disable Allow wake timers under Sleep."

Source: https://www.hellotech.com/blog/why-does-my-computer-keep-waking-from-sleep-mode
Shary 1 Reputation point

2021-05-20T00:59:18.27+00:00

I can run all those commands and I can see when my pc was awakened but that doesn't fix anything. My graphics card is fine. When I took all the apps out of the start window-- that is open when it auto-wakes-- it now wakes with start sidebar open instead, every time. My power settings are set to not allow wake timers, yet it wakes, even with my mouse turned off.

What did you guys do in the recent upgrade to cause this because i did nothing and have done everything I can find to stop it and nothing works -- so it's a win 10 thing now? Seemed to have started from irrelevant MS news, etc., that MS added without my consent in the last upgrade, that I'm not interested in and also had to figure out how to get rid of as well.
AshitakaSan 46 Reputation points

2021-08-17T20:57:52.477+00:00

There is a good chance that your PC's Network Adapter is waking it. This is a Power & Sleep issue.

You may disable this ability by locating your PC's Network Adapter in Device Manager and opening the Properties window. Then, click the Power Management tab and uncheck the box for "Allow this device to wake the computer".

Anytime I have personally encountered this issue, the above has been a permanent solution
Bruno H 6 Reputation points

2021-10-22T16:27:40.85+00:00

My case was this one,
If you still need WOL(magic packet) feature, you can just disable Wake on Pattern Match on Advanced tab or Enable Only allow a magic packet to wake the computer on Power Management tab were solution.
silentman 1 Reputation point

2021-12-09T10:35:38.11+00:00

Hi. I used to face the same problem. In my case it was the live tiles on the start menu. You can try removing all the live tiles and then check. It should solve the issue.
Andrew Bustraan 6 Reputation points

2021-12-09T11:35:26.64+00:00

I actually found it out by pure fluke. It's a new Dell Precision Laptop and I just happened to open the Precision Optimization app (which I never use, turn off all notifications, etc.).

Discovered Dell has added a proximity sensor. Turned it off and voila, no more waking up the screen.

Thanks to all the suggestions and responses.
Daniel Goggia 1 Reputation point

2021-12-09T18:23:20.797+00:00

Hey, that is great news, who knew right.....my thermostat in my new house does that....at night for a time when walking by it would light up and make me jump....rofl, got to love tech.....will keep this experience of yours in mind for future data, thank you for letting everyone know.
AdamEdw 1 Reputation point

2022-02-03T14:52:58.377+00:00

I am having the same or similar issue. I am in device manager, but am not sure which properties menu or window I should be in to test this fix on my system. Whenever I hit sleep my laptop will go to sleep, but instantly come back on and up to the log in window. Is this what you were seeing? Which network item/line are you changing the properties on??
Phemios 1 Reputation point

2022-02-09T22:48:30.38+00:00

Why is this so incredibly complicated? Why can't I just click sleep on the surface pro TABLET to turn it off until further notice? Why is this waking me up in the middle of the night? Who's the genius that designed it this way?
Daniel Davis 1 Reputation point

2022-03-03T21:24:39.527+00:00

The box to allow the network adaptor to wake the computer is not checked, but my PC still keeps waking up. Sometimes it wakes after several seconds, and sometimes it doesn't even go to sleep/
Washington Carigé 1 Reputation point

2022-03-22T08:58:23.62+00:00

Man just watch this video. This guy saved my life https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLK4zX4QcXk&t=314s
None of these forums really could help me. In my case the power cable solution was what makes the deal.
David Sculfor 1 Reputation point

2022-04-14T07:30:37.417+00:00

Brilliant answer, worked perfectly. The only thing I would add is that the network adapter that was the culprit had "allow this device to wake the computer" ticked but greyed out. To uncheck it I first had to tick "Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power"
Jesús Iniesta 1 Reputation point

2022-06-05T11:23:00.057+00:00

In my case, this was related to Modern Standby, a feature aimed to make laptops work like smartphones, where sleep mode keeps certain functions of the device operative.
The solution was to disable Modern Standby, so sleep does force the laptop to sleep instead of keeping it in a mid-way state.
I faced this issue in two laptops: Dell XPS 13 9310 and MSI E16 A12
Check: https://appuals.com/disable-modern-standby-windows/
Big G 1 Reputation point

2022-12-28T02:44:48.523+00:00

You are amazing, after trying everything and pulling my hair out with nothing else under the sun working (also I had no clue where to look since wake source was listed as 'unknown'). This did the trick for me too!
Michael O'Brien 0 Reputation points

2023-05-06T23:23:07.5866667+00:00

I've had this same problem and followed the many suggestions without success in preventing my Windows 10 laptop from waking almost immediately after putting it to sleep. Then I noticed my wireless mouse (USB dongle) was sluggish so I changed the batteries. Voila - the problem appears to be fixed. That's great if it lasts overnight, but I hate to think of all the settings I've changed. Mike O'Brien
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Xist 1 Reputation point

2022-11-09T08:47:14.567+00:00

My laptop will wake up 10-20 times to install updates, although I have had Windows say it was up-to-date, and still wake up.

Everything says to disable wake timers, but I don't have that option!
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Jason Miller 0 Reputation points

2023-01-24T02:48:08.01+00:00

This will sound unlikely to work, but if your computer is plugged into a battery backup, unplug it and plug it into a different outlet (can even be a different outlet on the same APC). No idea why this works, but I found that answer somewhere else and it actually worked for me where all the other solutions didn't.
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