How to Exit Safe Mode with Command Prompt in Windows 11 & 10
On this topic, you will learn how to turn Safe Mode Off in windows 11 or windows 10 easily.
Safe mode with black screen may appear automatically if your computer encountered a critical failure due to incompatibility issues after installing windows updates, drivers or antivirus updates, or even after manual changes to startup behaviors of your computer.
There are two different methods to disable Safe Mode, either by using Command Prompt, or by changing in system configuration.
First Method: How to Disable Safe Mode by Turning Safe Boot Off from System Configuration:
Press Windows + R keys from keyboard to start Run tool
Type MSCONFIG into text box and then press Enter to open System Configuration app
Navigate to Boot menu
Uncheck Safe Boot option to disable Safe mode
Click on Ok and then click on Restart to exit Safe Mode black screen and to reboot into normal mode.
Your laptop will restart into the normal desktop now and every time you start it.
Second Method: How to Disable Safe Mode Using Command Prompt:
To exit Safe Mode using Command Prompt, do the followings:
Press Windows+ R keys from keyboard to open Run commander
Type CMD and Press Ctrl + Shift + Enter to start Command Prompt as Administrator
Type this command and press Enter to execute:
BCDEDIT /DELETEVALUE {CURRENT} SAFEBOOT
This command will just remove Safe Mode entry from Boot Configuration Data or BCD file and will not remove the Safe Mode itself, because you may need it in the future.
If you want to enable Safe mode, execute this command:
BCDEDIT /SET {CURRENT} SAFEBOOT MINIMAL
Read this topic for more details about enabling Safe Mode in windows 10 or windows 11.
Now, type this command and press Enter to restart:
Shutdown /R /T 2
Your laptop will leave Safe Mode Black Screen to boot into normal mode now and every time you start it.
NOTE; If you are trying to close Safe Mode from Windows 10 or windows 11 Recovery Environment, you have to replace Current by Default as following:
BCDEDIT /DELETEVALUE {DEFAULT} SAFEBOOT
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