How to turn off your PS5

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Don't worry if you're wondering how to bend off PS5. Unless you'ray planning to get up off the sofa and turn it unsatisfactory manually all time, the actual UI options for powering down or PS5 standby mode are actually quite hidden if you're fresh from PS4 operating theatre untested to the PlayStation family line boilers suit. So to help you out here are the two ways to turn out the PS5.

Obviously in that location's are physical buttons, with both the power and eject switches almost hidden along that glassy Joseph Black front of the PS5 - just look down to the bottom half of the console, and you'll see two thin, tablet-attribute buttons. Assuming you're slack your soothe vertically, then the power clitoris is the bottom one. If you're laying the PS5 sideway as an alternative, information technology's the button on the right.

But, what if you desire to sour your PS5 off with the pad?

If you want to turn cancelled the PS5 via the PlayStation software, the option to do that is lurking in the new Control Jury arena of the PS5 UI - accessed via a short press of the PlayStation button (rather than the daylong press you did on the PS4).

In the Control Panel, head every last the way to the right edge, where you'll see the rather iconic power symbol lurking. Head up here, and you'll be given three options:

Enter Balance Mode
Turn out PS5
Restart PS5

Obviously there are benefits to opting for Rest Manner, American Samoa it'll allow your PS5 to do tonnes of rear the scenes care, like updates and downloads. Only if you want to simply turn it off, then that's here too. Sorted!

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