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How to Turn Off the Display with a Keyboard Shortcut on Mac
With Supercharge
- Open Supercharge. Its icon is in the menu bar.
- Click the icon, and choose “Sleep Displays”. The displays turn off. Move the mouse or press a key to turn them on.
- For a keyboard shortcut, open the Supercharge settings, click “Shortcuts”, and set a shortcut for “Sleep displays”.
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- Platform
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- macOS 26.4 or later
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- September 2026
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Without an app
- Keyboard: On a built-in keyboard without Touch ID, press ControlShift and the power button.
- Hot corner: In “System Settings › Desktop & Dock”, click “Hot Corners…”, and choose “Put Display to Sleep” for a corner. Then move the pointer into that corner.
- Terminal: Run
pmset displaysleepnow.
Apple’s keyboard shortcuts. The hot corner is enough if you like to use the mouse. Supercharge is for when you want a keyboard shortcut, like on a Mac with Touch ID.