###### (This is the legacy documentation for stable SDL2, the current stable version; [SDL3](https://wiki.libsdl.org/SDL3/) is the current development version.)
# SDL_DisableScreenSaver

Prevent the screen from being blanked by a screen saver.

## Header File

Defined in [SDL_video.h](https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL/blob/SDL2/include/SDL_video.h)

## Syntax

```c
void SDL_DisableScreenSaver(void);

```

## Remarks

If you disable the screensaver, it is automatically re-enabled when SDL
quits.

The screensaver is disabled by default since SDL 2.0.2. Before SDL 2.0.2
the screensaver was enabled by default.

## Version

This function is available since SDL 2.0.0.

## See Also

* [SDL_EnableScreenSaver](SDL_EnableScreenSaver)
* [SDL_IsScreenSaverEnabled](SDL_IsScreenSaverEnabled)

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