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Lets talk something about Windows 10. Windows 10 is all set to release on 29th July 2015. Currently Microsoft is rolling out Insider Preview to the Windows testers around world in different language. We tried to explain “how to shut down Windows 10” PC with different methods.

Now we can see almost finished Windows 10 Preview. As Microsoft has removed Start Button in Windows 8 and later introduced in Windows 8.1, the same button is still available but the menu has been changed.

The Windows 8 Start screen (also called metro menu) has been revamped in designing part and been a special one making some frequent feature few clicks/taps away. Lets learn how to shut down Windows 10.

How to shut down Windows 10?

This is the screenshot of menu in Windows 10 Preview Build 10130.

Now as you can see, there is no Turn off Computer or Shut Down button. This looks like some Web Page with live tiles except task bar in bottom.

We have three most popular ways to shut down computer. Lets get them point by point.

Method 1: From Windows 10 Menu

1. Click on Menu button or Press Windows key in your keyboard to Open Windows 10 menu as in above screen.
2. Click on the Navicon (three horizontal lines for menu) in top left corner. 
3. You will now see the new Panel sliding from left side and see a Power button in second last option.
4. Click on Power and choose Shut Down.

Method 2: Windows 10 Start Button and Right Click

Previous Windows Operating System version like Windows XP and Windows 7 used to show Properties while right-clicked in Start button with mouse, but Windows 8 changed the course, specially Windows Blue or Windows 8.1 had included new list of shortcuts in Right Click (context menu) in Start button.

1. This is second shortest method to shut down. You can simply shut down your Windows 10 PC with two clicks.
2. Just Right Click on Start Button in left bottom corner (residing by default) and you will see Shut Down or Sign Out option, When you hover over the option, you will see option to shut down your PC.

Method 3: Alt + F4

Who don’t know this? This is the quickest and easiest method to shut down your PC safely. Just make a Key combination of Alt and F4, you will get a pop up. select and click OK or press Enter (return key).

1. Just press Alt + F4 key in Keyboard. Press Alt and then F4 while keeping Alt pressed. 
2. Now you will see the Pop-up. Just choose your option and click OK.

This article is about How to Shut Down Windows 10 PC.

In this article Method 1 is applicable only on Windows 10 Operating System.

Method 2 can be used with Windows 8.1 or higher.

And Method 3 is applicable for all Windows OS versions available till date.

In future we might be able to see Cortana doing these stuffs for you but currently, Cortana is only able to Open Apps and Settings, Make a Search, Create Calendar Entries, Create Tasks, Send Messages and some basic stuffs.

[Update: 20/10/2017 – After Windows 10 Fall Creators Update, Voice Commands are added in Cortana.

Method 4: Cortana Voice Command

Starting Windows 10 Build 16299 which was earlier released for Insiders and now available free as Windows 10 Fall Creators Update, supports voice commands for Shutting down, Restarting, Sign out.

Method 5: Via Hardware Button on your PC (BRUTAL)

You can configure your Hardware Buttons available in Power & Sleep Options > Additional Power Settings or by following below path.

Control Panel\Hardware and Sound\Power Options\System Settings

If you have desktop PC and above settings don’t work in any case, you can press the Start Button of your PC/Laptop for at least 5 second.

Method 6: Using Command Prompt (BRUTAL)

Well, all the above functions are handled by individual programs. There is a application named shutdown.exe which handles these tasks received from different methods.

We can directly type this command and set option and interval. Below is code for shutting down Windows 10 from command prompt. You can type the same code in RUN box itself.

shutdown /s

This is the complete documentation of shutdown command in Microsoft Docs portal.

Method 5 & 6 are the most hard and brutal method and all the files you are working, opened programs will be lost. Also, you may have chance to corrupt your hard-disk, which may lead to loose all your emails.

Hope you enjoyed reading, see you soon.