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How to Open the Power Menu with the Power Button on Google Pixel 11 Pro

How to Open the Power Menu with the Power Button on Google Pixel 11 Pro

By default, pressing and holding the power button can summon the digital assistant instead of the Power menu. One Gestures setting switches it back to the Power menu.

✅ Tested on
  • DeviceGoogle Pixel 11 Pro
  • SystemAndroid 17
  • AppSettings (pre-installed)
  • Also works onOther Pixel phones running Android 17
  • Last verifiedOctober 29, 2026

Every screenshot below is taken from the actual recording on this device — no stock images.

Steps

Swipe up and tap Settings

Swipe up from the Home screen to open All apps, then tap the Settings gear in the top row.

Swipe up and tap Settings

Tap the Search Settings bar

On the Settings page, tap the Search Settings bar at the top.

Tap the Search Settings bar

Search for ‘power button’ and tap the result

Type ‘power button’. Under the Gestures heading, tap the ‘Press & hold power button’ result, listed as System > Gestures.

Search for ‘power button’ and tap the result

Tap Press & hold power button

The Gestures page opens. Tap ‘Press & hold power button’ at the bottom of the list; its subtitle already reads ‘Access power menu’.

Tap Press & hold power button

Check that Power menu is selected

The page offers Power menu and Digital assistant. Power menu is selected, shown by the filled radio, so pressing and holding the power button now opens the Power menu. If Digital assistant is selected instead, tap Power menu.

Check that Power menu is selected

Good to know

  1. Double press power button is a separate Gestures entry — it opens the camera on this phone and is not changed by this setting.
  2. If the Power menu still does not appear, reopen this page: the filled radio next to Power menu is the confirmation.

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