Hibernate - Enable or Disable in Windows 10

Information
Hibernate is a power-saving state designed primarily for laptops, and might not be available for all PCs
(PCs with InstantGo don't have the hibernate option). While sleep puts your work and settings in memory
and draws a small amount of power, hibernation puts your open documents and programs on your hard
disk to the hiberfile (C:\hiberfil.sys), and then turns off your computer. Hibernate uses less power than
sleep and when you start up the PC again, youre back to where you left off (though not as fast as sleep).
Use hibernation when you know that you won't use your laptop or tablet for an extended period and won't
have an opportunity to charge the battery during that time.

This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable hibernate and restore or delete the hiberfil.sys file
in Windows 10.

You must be signed in to Windows as an administrator to be able to do the steps in this tutorial.

Note
PCs with InstantGo don't have the hibernate option.
By default, the size of the hidden protected OS "C:\hiberfil.sys" file is 75% of the total amount
of RAM installed on your computer.
If you disable hibernate, fast startup will also get disabled.

If you disable hibernate, hibernate will no longer show in the Power menu.

Tip
Fast startup requires that hibernate be enabled. If you only want to use fast startup and don't plan on
using hibernate, then you can specify the hiberfile type as reduced to significantly reduce the size of the
hiberfile (C:\hiberfil.sys) to about half of its full size.

If you want to use hibernate, then be sure to specify the hiberfile type as full.

Enable or Disable Hibernate in Elevated Command Prompt

1. Open an elevated command prompt.

2. Do step 3 or step 4 below for what you would like to do.

3. To Enable Hibernate

Note
This step will restore the hiberfil.sys file and the Hibernate after Power Option under Sleep.

A) In the elevated command prompt, copy and paste the command below, and press Enter. (see
screenshot below)

powercfg -h on
C) If you would like to have hibernate turned on, then you could do step 2 in OPTION FOUR below.

D) If you like, you may also wish to add or remove Hibernate in power button menus.

E) Go to step 5 below.

4. To Disable Hibernate

Note
This step will disable hibernation, disable fast startup, delete the hiberfil.sys file, and remove the
Hibernate after power option under Sleep.

A) In the elevated command prompt, copy and paste the command below, and press Enter. (see
screenshot below)

powercfg -h off

B) Check your advanced power options to make sure that the Critical battery action and Low battery
action settings under Battery are not set to Hibernate, and go to step 5 below. (see screenshot below)
5. You can now close the elevated command prompt if you like.