powercfg /h off Press Enter.
Here’s a short, useful story that explains — without losing the ability to use Sleep mode. The Case of the Vanishing Disk Space Meera was a freelance video editor. Her new laptop came with Windows 11 and a fast 256 GB SSD. But within weeks, she noticed something strange: her free space kept shrinking for no obvious reason. windows 11 disable hibernation file
She verified with:
Within seconds, hiberfil.sys was deleted. Almost free instantly. powercfg /h off Press Enter
powercfg /h size 20 That would reduce it from 19 GB to ~3.2 GB in her case. Check your hibernation file size if you’re low on disk space in Windows 11. If you never use Hibernate (only Sleep and Shutdown), disable it with: disable it with: