1<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" 2 type="topic" 3 style="task" 4 id="power-autosuspend"> 5 6 <info> 7 <link type="guide" xref="power#saving"/> 8 <link type="seealso" xref="power-suspend"/> 9 <link type="seealso" xref="shell-exit#suspend"/> 10 11 <revision version="gnome:3.38.3" date="2021-03-07" status="candidate"/> 12 <revision pkgversion="gnome:41" date="2021-09-08" status="candidate"/> 13 14 <credit type="author copyright"> 15 <name>Michael Hill</name> 16 <email>mdhillca@gmail.com</email> 17 <years>2016</years> 18 </credit> 19 20 <include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/> 21 22 <desc>Configure your computer to suspend automatically.</desc> 23 </info> 24 25 <title>Set up automatic suspend</title> 26 27 <p>You can configure your computer to automatically suspend when idle. 28 Different intervals can be specified for running on battery or plugged in.</p> 29 30 <steps> 31 32 <item> 33 <p>Open the <gui xref="shell-introduction#activities">Activities</gui> 34 overview and start typing <gui>Power</gui>.</p> 35 </item> 36 <item> 37 <p>Click <gui>Power</gui> to open the panel.</p> 38 </item> 39 <item> 40 <p>In the <gui>Power Saving Options</gui> section, click 41 <gui>Automatic Suspend</gui>.</p> 42 </item> 43 <item> 44 <p>Choose <gui>On Battery Power</gui> or <gui>Plugged In</gui>, set the 45 switch to on, and select a <gui>Delay</gui>. Both options can 46 be configured.</p> 47 48 <note style="tip"> 49 <p>On a desktop computer, there is one option labeled 50 <gui>When Idle</gui>.</p> 51 </note> 52 </item> 53 54 </steps> 55 56</page> 57