How to Add or Remove Hibernate Button in Windows 11

This article describes the steps to add or remove the hibernate button on the power options menu in Windows 11.

Some Windows computers, primarily laptops, have a hibernate button on the power options menu. The hibernate button lets you put your computer into a power-saving state while saving your desktop sessions and documents onto your hard drive (C:\hiberfil.sys) and turning off your computer.

The sleep feature in Windows also puts your computer into sleep mode (or reduced power state). It saves your desktop sessions and documents into the system memory, not fully turning off your computer.

Resuming from sleep mode is faster than resuming from hibernation mode. Therefore, you typically use hibernation when not using your computer for some time.

Windows lets you remove or hide the sleep and hibernate buttons on the power options menu, and the steps below show you how.

Add or remove the hibernate button on the power menu

As described above, your Windows computer may come with a hibernate button to help you put your computer into a power-saving state without losing your work.

Windows allows you to hide or remove the button from the power options menu if you don’t want to use the hibernate feature.

There are many ways to remove or hide the hibernate button. The quickest way is to use the Control Panel app.

First, launch the Control Panel app in Windows 11.

When the Control Panel app opens, go to Control Panel -> Hardware and Sound -> Power Options.

Control Panel-> Hardware and Sound -> Power Options

Click the “Choose what the power button does” link on the Power Options setting page.

On the Control Panel -> Hardware and Sound -> Power Options -> System Settings pane, click the “Change settings that are currently unavailable” link, as highlighted below.

Under Shutdown settings, check or uncheck the Hibernate option to show or hide the hibernate button on the power menu.

Save changes to apply.

Show or hide the hibernate button via the Windows Registry Editor

Alternatively, users can use the Windows registry editor to show or hide the hibernate button on the power options menu in Windows 11.

First, open the Windows Registry and navigate to the folder key path listed below.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FlyoutMenuSettings

If you don’t see the FlyoutMenuSettings folder key, right-click on the Explorer parent key, then create the subkey (FlyoutMenuSettings) folder.

On the right pane of the FlyoutMenuSettings folder key, right-click and select New -> DWORD (32-bit) Value. Type a new key named ShowHibernateOption.

Double-click the new value name (ShowHibernateOption) and enter the Value data of 1 to show the hibernate button on the power options menu.

A Value data of 0 will hide the hibernate button on the power options menu.

That should do it. Restart your computer for the changes to apply.

Add or remove the hibernate button on the power menu via Windows Local Group Policy Editor.

Yet, another way to add or remove the hibernate button on the power options menu is to use the Local Group Policy Editor.

Here’s how to do that.

Click on the Start menu button and search for “Edit group policy. " Under Best match, select Edit group policy result.

In the left pane of Local Group Policy Editor, expand the tree: 

Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > File Explorer

Then, in the File Explorer details pane on the right, locate and double-click the setting that says “Show hibernate in the power options menu “to open its settings window.

On the Show hibernate in the power options menu window, set the option to Not Configure, Enabled, or Disabled.

• Not Configured (default)
• Enabled – same as Not Configured – Will show the hibernate button on the power menu options.
• Disabled – The hibernate button will never be shown in the power options menu.

Save your changes, exit, and reboot.

Hibernate button on and off the power options menu in Windows 11.

That should do it!

Conclusion:

• In this guide, we detailed the methods to add or remove the hibernate button on the power options menu in Windows 11, providing various techniques to suit different user preferences.
• Users can utilize the Control Panel, Windows Registry Editor, and Local Group Policy Editor to toggle the visibility of the hibernate button, offering flexibility in customizing the power options menu.
• Whether through the Control Panel’s simple interface, the Windows Registry’s advanced settings, or the Local Group Policy Editor’s specific configurations, users have the tools to tailor their Windows 11 experience according to their needs.