How to Shutdown PC/Laptop remotely from your Smartphone

For smartphone and PC users, we are here with a cool trick for how to remotely shutdown PC from anywhere with the smartphone. Today smartphones are extraordinarily smart that it can be used for many purposes. Till now we had discussed many cool tricks for smartphones and again we are here with a cool method to shut down your Windows PC using a phone. Yes, it is possible and you can implement this and remotely shut down your PC with your mobile from anywhere by just sending a shutdown request to your computer over the internet. So have a look at the complete guide below.

The method is based on a cool Windows program that is essentially designed to schedule shutdown on your PC, you can also call it remote shutdown program. You need to follow some easy steps to shut down your PC using your smartphone. So, proceed with below steps.

Steps To Shutdown PC With Smartphone Remotely:

Step 1. First of in your Windows PC, download and install the program Airytec switch off.

Step 2. Now install the app and you will see shutdown icon in system tray.

Step 3. Click on the icon and tick the options there according to your need like Force shutdown should be enabled.

Step 4. Now right click on shutdown icon and click on settings and there click on remote section there. Now click on Edit Web interface Settings there.

Step 5. There enable Web interface and remain the Authentication unchecked and click on apply button.

Step 6. Now click on view / update static addresses and note down the Shutdown URL  there and for the easy interface, you can bookmark this URL in Your Mobile. Now double click on shutdown icon in system tray and enable task.

Step 7. Now open the URL in your mobile and you will see the interface like below.

Step 8. Now you can click on shutdown button to shut down your computer.

That’s it! you are done. By using this, now you can easily shutdown your computer from anywhere using your phone.

Method 2: Using Unified Remote

Step 1. First of all, you need to download the app named Unified Remote on your Android device. link

Step 2. Now you need to go to this link and download and install this application on your computer.

Step 3.  Now open the Android app, make sure your device and computer connected to the same WiFi network. If you are connected you will get to see the screen like below.

Step 4.  Now on the mobile app, you will get to see lots of option like “Basic Input”, “File Manager”, “Keyboard” etc.

Step 5. Now you need to click on “Power”

Step 6. Now you will see various options like Restart, Shutdown etc.

Simply, click on shutdown and your computer will be turned off from your mobile device. This is by far the easiest way to do so.

Using Shutdown Start Remote

Shutdown Start Remote is an app for Android to remote shutdown or starts your computer. It is very easy to use. Users need to download a windows client and an Android app to shutdown computer remotely.

Step 1. First of all download and install Shutdown Start Remote on your Android smartphone. link

Step 2. Now in the very next step, you need to download the client for Windows. You need to visit this link and download the app to your Windows computer and install it.

Step 3. Make sure you are connected to the same wifi network. Open the Android app and you will see the screen like below. Simply scroll down the screen.

Step 4. Now you need to tap on ‘Start Search’. It will search for the computer and will automatically detect.

Step 5. Once the app detects the computer it will show you the screen like below. Here you need to tap on your computer.

Step 6. Now you will see the screen like below. Here you can set the time or can immediately restart, shutdown or hibernate your computer.

That’s it! You are done this is how you can use Shutdown Start Remote to control your computer from your Android smartphone.

So this is all about how to remotely shutdown PC from anywhere with smartphone. With the cool method discussed above, you can easily shut down your computer anywhere from your smartphone or any web-enabled device. Hope you like the article, do share with others too. Leave a comment below if you have any related queries with this.

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