How to turn off your PS5 with your controller (step by step)

This step-by-step tutorial will show you how to turn off your PlayStation 5 with your controller.

Turn off your PlayStation 5 with your controller

  1. Press the PS button (PlayStation logo) on your controller.
    PS button on a PlayStation 5 controller
  2. In the menu at the bottom of your screen, you select the power icon.
    PS5 power button
  3. Press the X button on your controller.
    X button on a PlayStation 5 controller
  4. In the 'Power' menu, you select Turn Off PS5.
    Turn Off PS5
  5. Press the X button on your controller.
    X button on a PlayStation 5 controller

Your PlayStation 5 will now turn off.

PlayStation 5