What is the difference between sleep and hibernate in Windows?

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Ahmed Saeed 1 month ago

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What is the difference between sleep and hibernate in Windows?

I see both "Sleep" and "Hibernate" options when I shut down my laptop. What’s the actual difference?

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**Olivia Perez** · Answer 1 · 2025-05-31T05:28:16+00:00

Sleep keeps your session in memory for fast resume but uses power. Hibernate saves everything to disk and shuts down completely, great for saving battery.