Keep Awake

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Override system power-saving settings.

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Description from store This extension makes it easy to temporarily disable power management on Chrome OS. It adds an icon in the upper-right corner of the browser that can be clicked to switch between modes where the screen is kept on (sun icon), the system is prevented from sleeping (sunset), or power-saving settings are left unchanged (moon). ---- Frequently-asked questions: * Will this extension prevent a Chromebook from suspending when its lid is closed? No, but if an external display is connected, recent versions of Chrome OS will remain awake when the lid is closed. * What's the difference between the "screen is kept on" and "system is prevented from sleeping" modes? When the system is prevented from sleeping (sunset icon), network connections will remain active; this may be useful if using e.g. the Secure Shell app. The screen will still dim and turn off eventually, though. In the "screen is kept on" mode (sun icon), the system will avoid sleeping and the display will additionally remain on. * What do the icons mean? The sun icon means that the screen will be kept on. The moon icon means that the system will behave the same way that it would if the extension were not installed. The sunset icon is a middle ground: the system will avoid sleeping (as described above) but the screen will still turn off. ---- Release notes for version 1.8 (1.7 was never published): Removed windows.onCreated hack added to work around http://crbug.com/222473 on Chrome OS. Release notes for version 1.6: Removed scary "tabs" permission. (Technical details: There's a bug where Chrome doesn't notify extensions after the user logs in on Chrome OS. This extension loads its saved state whenever a window is created instead. The chrome.windows API is documented as requiring the "tabs" permission but listening for window creation appears to work without it.) Release notes for version 1.5: This version fixes a bug where the previous mode would not be correctly restored after logging out and back in. Note also that only the "keep the screen on" and "unchanged" modes are available in Chrome 26. In Chrome 27, the "prevent the system from sleeping" mode is also available.

Latest reviews

(2025-07-21) Zander Bussell: I did 4/5 cuz the creator of this extension did hard work (the app goes perfectly fine!) why not the five?: it kept switching when I was working making it harder..
(2025-06-10) Peter Bardenhagen: To Hemanth who gave this a 1/5. That's not very nice! If 500 people give an extension 5/5 I would suggest that the PEBKAC error type applies! Did you try uninstalling or contacting the author of the extension before giving it a 1/5? No of course not. Works beautifully for me, thank you Keep Awake!
(2025-04-09) Hemanth Kumar: I tried this extension on my office laptop. IT DIDN'T WORK. So, I'm removing it now.
(2025-04-08) Klaas Govaerts: Does what it is supposed to do. Night - let's the device just to go sleep Sun - doesn't let the device go to sleep and keeps screen on Sunset - doesn't let the device go to sleep, but the screen will turn off
(2025-03-27) Lucas Kramer: Do not use it
(2025-02-09) roforope: I see people saying that it does not work when they close the lid but the funny part is that its not suppose to its purpose is to keep it on when your using it like I you walk away. It works perfectly fine when you use it for its intended use. Plus there are setting to keep it on when closed in your setting app 💀 💀
(2025-02-01) yuuto: Someone recommended this feature to me and I tried it out, and it turned out to be a great feature. I was able to overcome my computer's 5 hour limit. Thank you very much to everyone who developed it.
(2025-01-22) John Avid: I like the extension. I wish it would remember the settings I left it on. Better still, a configurable start-up setting.
(2024-12-12) Md. Asad Chowdhary: Thank you. This is a great saver. Or, I will just have to make my own simple extension.
(2024-07-18) Yosh Hash: thank you to the reviewers who are advising to click the icon to turn it into the sun to turn it on. However, that is not enough information. Where is this icon? The developer really should have made the on position the default- I mean why would anyone install the extension and want it off?
(2024-05-30) Shelton A: Works Perfectly! You need to click the icon to turn it into the sun to keep the screen from sleeping/locking
(2024-05-28) Zina Koziner: Works well, people just don't know they need to click the icon to activate it
(2024-05-24) Keith Buinicki: So many children in the reviews, it's crazy
(2024-05-17) Michael Moyler: dosent work but is locked on my Chromebook
(2024-05-10) Maya He: Does nots works mes ares goings crazys. whats does moons means. its is lifes questions.
(2024-04-25) Diane Burszan: Chrome book still goes to sleep. It needs more coffee.
(2024-04-24) Jacob Schlichting: Randomly goes to sleep mode if i dont check it.
(2023-09-11) Mailel Sc: Nice
(2023-09-11) Mohamad Syria: Nice
(2023-09-08) Daniel Martinez: Doesn't do anything and my computer still idles within 10 minutes.
(2023-09-08) Daniel Martinez: Doesn't do anything and my computer still idles within 10 minutes.
(2023-08-16) Trilliant Machinemetrics: Is there anyway to revert back to an older version? I'm using it on a chromebit that doesn't update any more and since this app up dated I can no longer use it.
(2023-08-16) Trilliant Machinemetrics: Is there anyway to revert back to an older version? I'm using it on a chromebit that doesn't update any more and since this app up dated I can no longer use it.
(2023-08-15) Erich Pechin: Worked great for a long time. Recently, it stopped doing anything. Click on the icon, nothing happens.
(2023-08-15) Erich Pechin: Worked great for a long time. Recently, it stopped doing anything. Click on the icon, nothing happens.
(2023-08-05) Shadow's Pancakes: Doesn't work anymore >:(
(2023-08-05) Shadow's Pancakes: Doesn't work anymore >:(
(2023-08-04) Meh Bleh: Don't know what happened to it today (August 4th, 2023) but it stopped working completely. The icon that normally stayed as a sunny day it isn't clickable anymore and it changed to the picture of a moon. Right-clicked to check options and it they are grayed out.
(2023-08-04) Meh Bleh: Don't know what happened to it today (August 4th, 2023) but it stopped working completely. The icon that normally stayed as a sunny day it isn't clickable anymore and it changed to the picture of a moon. Right-clicked to check options and it they are grayed out.
(2023-07-18) Brock Dillon: it really works but also if you put it on the day icon your battery goes down significant amount
(2023-07-18) Brock Dillon: it really works but also if you put it on the day icon your battery goes down significant amount
(2023-05-24) Denise Allen: Worked great for a while, but lately it seems to have lost its oomph.
(2023-05-24) Denise Allen: Worked great for a while, but lately it seems to have lost its oomph.
(2023-03-08) 허진행 (미원): 매우 잘 작동합니다! 다만 이 확장 프로그램을 활성화 했다는 사실을 잊는다면 크롬OS의 절전 정책에 버그가 있거나 장치에 말썽이 있다는 것으로 오해 할 수도 있음을 기억하십시오! 그 만큼 잘 작동한다는 뜻입니다! It works very well! Just remember that if you forget to enable this extension, you could mistake it for a bug in ChromeOS' sleep policy or something wrong with your device! That means it works just as well!
(2023-02-17) J J: I have used this extension for many years and I love it, but recently when I have it set for the computer to stay awake and have the monitor sleep, the monitor doesn't want to wake up again when i move my mouse or touch any key. It has done this several times now. This extension has to be the problem.
(2023-02-17) J J: I have used this extension for many years and I love it, but recently when I have it set for the computer to stay awake and have the monitor sleep, the monitor doesn't want to wake up again when i move my mouse or touch any key. It has done this several times now. This extension has to be the problem.
(2023-02-10) vivek raj: not working
(2023-02-10) vivek raj: not working
(2023-01-15) That Random Arras: It works great but I think it's using a lot of battery? Or it could be the screen uses a lot of battery.
(2023-01-15) That Random Arras: It works great but I think it's using a lot of battery? Or it could be the screen uses a lot of battery.
(2022-12-19) Fatima Huerta: Ignore the bad reviews, honestly I just use this to keep my computer on, idk about the other options but if you're looking for a way to keep your chromebook on, I recommend this extension.
(2022-12-19) Fatima Huerta: Ignore the bad reviews, honestly I just use this to keep my computer on, idk about the other options but if you're looking for a way to keep your chromebook on, I recommend this extension.
(2022-11-22) Shawn Starr: Seems to work fine on my Chromebook, this is exactly what I needed!
(2022-08-26) Sourav Naskar: The day variant is not coming even after clicking on the icon . The screen goes off after 1 minutes as usual. it does not work.
(2022-08-26) Sourav Naskar: The day variant is not coming even after clicking on the icon . The screen goes off after 1 minutes as usual. it does not work.
(2022-06-29) F NE: It works, life saving! It's pretty insane that we have to install someone's extension just to prevent the screen from sleeping... Google no longer provides any way of preventing the automatic logout which then requires the password. Total madness. Let me control my stuff Google, if I want to configure something I know why and you don't. The more I use ChromeBook/ChromeBox computers and the least I want to ever buy one again.
(2022-06-29) F NE: It works, life saving! It's pretty insane that we have to install someone's extension just to prevent the screen from sleeping... Google no longer provides any way of preventing the automatic logout which then requires the password. Total madness. Let me control my stuff Google, if I want to configure something I know why and you don't. The more I use ChromeBook/ChromeBox computers and the least I want to ever buy one again.
(2022-06-02) Ikenna Mbonu: Great utility! Does exactly what it says, as it says.
(2022-06-02) Ikenna Mbonu: Great utility! Does exactly what it says, as it says.
(2022-04-05) Raj Kumar: Not working.......

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