Unlike other dishwashers I have had in the past, there is not a seperate drying cycle that you can choose to turn off or on. The end user has very little control over the wash cycles. There are 3 preset wash cycles you can choose from: Heavy, AutoSense and Light. The user can add Boost and Sanitize options to those cycles. Drying is part of those cycles but I believe it is of the evaporative type of drying as the combination washer dryers that are gaining popularity have and not a heating element, as the dishes are not hot when the cycle is done. Glass dishes and silverware generally come out dry but plastics are usaully still damp and need to be dried by hand. Or I just put them in my dish drainer to air dry before I put them away.