Keep Awake widget for Windows
One toggle to stop the machine sleeping or the screen locking. For software that watches for idle input rather than system sleep, turn on the mouse jiggle and it will nudge the cursor on an interval. The timer means you can leave it on without leaving it on forever.
Free · Windows 10 and 11 · No account required
The real Keep Awake widget, running live. Drag it around.
What Keep Awake is good for
The everyday jobs this widget was built to handle.
Keep a long download or render from being interrupted by sleep
Stop a status indicator flipping to away while you read
Present without the screen locking on you
Every Keep Awake setting
4 options, set per widget - so two copies of Keep Awake on the same dashboard can behave completely differently. Highlighted values are the defaults.
Jiggle mouse
Jiggle interval seconds
Advanced
Start on launch
Show timer
Getting Keep Awake on your desktop
- 01
Install
Download and run the installer. No account, no sign-in.
- 02
Add the widget
Hit Add Widget, or press Ctrl+K and search for it by name.
- 03
Make it yours
Drag it where you want, resize it, and set the options below.
More System & Network widgets
Keep Awake is one of 83 widgets
They all live on the same customizable dashboard, with themes, multiple screens, and native Windows notifications. Free.
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