Control your PC with Siri
Turn off, sleep, restart or wake your computer by just talking to your iPhone — or with a tap from your home screen. It all runs through a single shortcut you set up once, named in your language.
Siri Shortcuts come with Turn Off PC Pro or the Power Pack. For the other hands-free options they unlock — widgets, the Quick Settings tile and Control Center — see the Quick Access & Shortcuts guide.
Create your voice command
- Open the Shortcuts app on your iPhone or iPad.
- Tap +, then Add Action.
- Search Turn Off PC and choose an action — Shutdown, Sleep, Restart or Wake Up.
- Pick the device to control.
- Tap the name at the top and rename the shortcut to anything you like.
- That's it — say "Hey Siri, <that name>" and it runs.
Because the name is yours, Siri works in whatever language you speak — there are no fixed phrases to memorise.
🖥️ Try it: a "Turn off the office" command
- Add Action → Turn Off PC → Shutdown
- Device → Office
- Rename it to "Turn off the office" (or "Apaga la oficina", "Éteins le bureau"… your call)
- Say "Hey Siri, turn off the office" → the Office PC powers off.
Go further
- Home-screen button — open the shortcut, tap the share icon and choose Add to Home Screen for one-tap access without speaking.
- Automations — in the Shortcuts Automation tab, run your command on a schedule, from an NFC tag, or when you leave home.
- Several PCs? Make one shortcut each — "Wake the gaming PC", "Sleep the office". The device is baked in, so nothing is left for Siri to guess.
If it doesn't run
- Siri says "Done" but nothing happens — make sure you can reach the PC: on the same network, or — if that device is set up for remote access — with your VPN connected, and, for Shutdown / Sleep / Restart, running the desktop program. Open the app once after installing so your devices are synced.
- Siri can't find the shortcut — double-check the name you gave it, or rename it to something shorter and clearer.
What you need
- Turn Off PC Pro or the Power Pack, and iOS / iPadOS 16 or later.
- The desktop program running for Shutdown / Sleep / Restart, and Wake-on-LAN set up for Wake up.
- To reach a device: the same network, or — if that device is set up for remote access — your VPN connected, exactly like inside the app.