LG TV screen stays on after power off? Turn off Always Ready

Why the screen doesn’t go dark

If your LG TV shows a picture, clock or wallpaper after you press Power, Always Ready is on. With Always Ready, pressing Power doesn’t fully switch the TV off. It goes into a standby mode that can keep a wallpaper on screen, respond to voice commands and play sound from a phone over Bluetooth.

To make Power switch the TV fully off, press the Settings (gear) button on the remote, then go to All Settings → General → Always Ready and set Enable the function to Off.

Turn Always Ready off

1. Press the Settings (gear) button on the remote.
2. Select All Settings (the gear icon on screen).
3. Go to General → Always Ready.
4. Set Enable the function to Off.

Now, pressing Power while you watch turns the TV off right away.

What you lose: LG says that with Always Ready off, features such as the Bluetooth connection and Hands-free Voice Control won’t work while the TV is off. LG also notes that energy use may increase while Always Ready is on.

Keep Always Ready but hide the wallpaper

If you want voice control or Bluetooth playback while the TV is off, but no picture on screen, keep Always Ready on and get rid of the wallpaper instead:

• Change it permanently: in General → Always Ready, select Use Always Ready without wallpaper. It’s called Use Always Ready without wallpaper (LG Gallery+) in the 2025 guide. After that, pressing Power goes straight to Always Ready with the screen off.
• Just this time: while the wallpaper is showing, press Power once more. The screen goes off and Always Ready stays on.

Use the remote with Always Ready on

LG’s user guides describe these button actions:

Situation	Button	Result
Watching TV	Power once	Always Ready, screen on (wallpaper)
Watching TV	Power twice	Always Ready, screen off
Wallpaper showing	Home or Back	Back to watching TV
Wallpaper showing	Power	Screen off; Always Ready stays on
Screen off in Always Ready	Power	Back to watching TV
Screen off in Always Ready	Wheel (OK)	Wallpaper comes back on

Check whether the TV is really off

LG says the standby light shows the state on models with Hands-free Voice Control. During Always Ready, the light is white if Hands-free Voice Control is on and red if it isn’t. A white light doesn’t mean the TV failed to turn off.

LG’s 2025 guide notes that after a software update, Always Ready doesn’t work the first time you turn the TV off. Turn it off and on again to start using it.

Common questions

Is Always Ready the same as Quick Start+?

No. In LG’s guides, Quick Start+ (General → System → Additional Settings) puts the TV in standby so it starts faster next time. Always Ready keeps a wallpaper, voice control and Bluetooth audio available while the TV is off. Both can increase energy use.

Why doesn’t my TV have Always Ready?

LG says some models don’t support it. If General → Always Ready isn’t in your menu, check the user guide linked from your model’s LG support page.