Windows: How to See System Uptime

If you’re curious to see how long a Microsoft Windows system has been powered on without a restart, you’ll want to learn how to see system uptime. This information is useful to system administrators if they want to see if a reboot has been applied to the system recently. You can do so using one of these three methods.

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Option 1 – From Task Manager

1. Bring up the Task Manager by right-clicking the clock in the lower-right corner of the taskbar and selecting Task Manager. Alternately, you could press CTRL + ALT +Delete.
2. Select the “Performance“ tab. If you cannot see tabs, select the “More details” option.
3. Select CPU Performance Details by clicking on the large CPU icon on the left.
4. You can see system uptime located toward the bottom of the window. This will provide you with a live time period on how long the system has been on.
   

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Option 2 – Net Statistics Command

You can also see system uptime by using the command prompt.

1. Select “Start“.
2. Type “cmd“, then press “Enter“.
3. Type “net statistics workstation“, then press “Enter“.
4. Toward the top of the output, there is a line that says “Statistics Since…” that will show the time the computer last came online. It provides other data too, such as sessions accepted, amount of data sent, system errors, and print jobs spooled.
   

Similarly, the “net stats server” command can be used in server versions of Windows such as Windows Server 2022.

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Option 3 – Systeminfo Command

1. Select “Start“.
2. Type “cmd“, then press “Enter“.
3. Type “systeminfo“, then press “Enter“.
4. A line labeled “System Boot Time” will be displayed.
   

 

That’s all there is to it! If you have any other methods or information, feel free to share them in the comments section below.

 

FAQ

I shut down my PC. Why didn’t the uptime reset?

Some versions of Windows do not truly shut down when you select the shut down the computer. Choose “Restart” instead or hold the “Shift” key while selecting “Shutdown“.