How to Turn On or Off Projecting to this PC only when Plugged in a Power Source in Windows 11

This article describes steps one can take to turn on or off “This PC can be discovered for projection only when it’s plugged into a power source” in Windows 11.

If you want to view content from other supported devices wirelessly on your Windows machine, you can enable mirroring so that those devices can project to your Windows 11 PC.

Using a wireless display app, you can project or mirror a phone, PC or Android device to the screen on your PC, and control it using its keyboard, mouse, and other devices.

While you can allow devices to project to Windows, it also allows you to control when devices are allowed to discover your PC. You can turn on or off allowing your PC to be discovered for projection only when it’s plugged into a power source.

How to turn on or off projecting to this pc only when it’s plugged into a power source in Windows 11

As described above, you can turn on or off allowing your PC to be discovered for projection only when it’s plugged into a power source.

Below is how to do that in Windows 11.

Windows 11 has a centralized location for majority of its settings. From system configurations to creating new users and updating Windows, all can be done from its System Settings pane.

To get to System Settings, you can use the Windows key + i shortcut or click on Start ==> Settings as shown in the image below:

Alternatively, you can use the search box on the taskbar and search for Settings. Then select to open it.

Windows Settings pane should look similar to the image below. In the Windows Settings app, click System on the left.

On the right, select the Projecting to this PC tile to expand.

On the System -> Projecting to this PC settings panel, toggle the button for “This PC can be discovered for projection only when it’s plugged into a power source” to the On position to enable.

To disable, simply toggle the button to the Off position.

When this setting is enabled, Windows will only be discoverable when it’s connected to a power source. Running on battery will disable it from being discovered.

That should do it!

Conclusion:

This post showed you how to enable or disable “This PC can be discovered for projection only when it’s plugged into a power source” in Windows 11. If you find any error above or have something to add, please use the comment form below.