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Join , subscribers and get a daily digest of news, geek trivia, and our feature articles. By submitting your email, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Have you ever wondered why you can only turn Quiet Hours on or off in Windows 10, but not set the actual hours you want?
We have, too. But with a little Registry or Group Policy hack, it turns out you can. And in Windows 8, you could configure Quiet Hours to turn off and on at certain times. By default, Windows 10 sets Quiet Hours from midnight to am, with no way to change them in the UI.
If you have Windows 10 Home edition, you will have to edit the Windows Registry to make these changes. If you have Pro or Enterprise, though, we recommend using the easier Local Group Policy Editor, as described in the next section. Standard warning: Registry Editor is a powerful tool and misusing it can render your system unstable or even inoperable. And definitely back up the Registry and your computer! Next, create a new subkey inside the CurrentVersion key.
Name the new key QuietHours. Name the new value EntryTime. Open each value in turn by double-clicking it. So, for example, you might set the EntryTime value to for am minutes after midnight and the ExitTime Value to for am. You can now close Registry Editor. The new Quiet Hours start and end times should be in effect from now on.
To reverse the change, just follow the same steps and delete the QuietHours key you made, which will also delete the two values you created in that key.
So, for example, we might set minutes so that Quiet Hours ends at am. After configuring both settings, you can exit Local Group Policy Editor. Changes are immediate, so no need to restart Windows. Windows Mac iPhone Android. Smarthome Office Security Linux. The Best Tech Newsletter Anywhere Join , subscribers and get a daily digest of news, geek trivia, and our feature articles.
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