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Easily Shut Down Windows 8

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Hi, you're watching VisiHow. This is a tutorial of several easy ways to shut down Windows 8 computers.

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One way to shut a Windows 8 computer down is by accessing the Quick Access menu
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One way to access this menu is to right-click on the Start Menu button in the lower left corner of the screen.

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Alternatively, press the Windows key and the "x" key at the same time
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The Quick Access menu will open in the lower left corner of the screen.

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Click "Shut down or sign out"
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Click "Shut down"
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This is one of the ways to shut down a Windows 8 computer. Let's look at another way.

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Press the Windows key and the "I" key at the same time
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We will be brought to Settings.
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Click the "Power" button
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Click "Shut down"
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The same thing can be done by opening the sidebar with the mouse cursor.
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To open it, move the mouse cursor either to the upper right corner of the screen, or lower right corner
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Click "Settings"
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Do the same thing by clicking "Power" and then "Shut down". Now let's look at a third way to do this, by going to the Start Menu.
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Click the Start Menu button in the lower left corner of the screen
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Move the mouse cursor to the lower right corner of the screen
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Click "Settings"
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Click "Power"
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Click "Shut down"
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Let's look at a fourth way.
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Go back to the desktop by clicking "Desktop"
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Press "Alt" and "F4" at the same time
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Select "Shut down" from the dropdown menu
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Press "OK"
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In our case, for the sake of the tutorial, we're going to press "Cancel".
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This concludes our tutorial on several easy ways to shut down Windows 8 computers
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