When you’re on the road somewhere on your Windows laptop and you’ve forgotten your plug (or if there is no socket available), you are sweating on your forehead. Because you don’t want the computer to shut down, causing you to lose your work. That is why we give some tips to extend the battery life somewhat. We do that for Windows 10 and Windows 11.
For example, if you click on the battery icon on the Start bar, you will be presented with a slider. If you slide it all the way to the right, the laptop will give preference to performance; on the far left, the preference is for energy savings. This could mean an hour of extra working time. If you want to get more out of it, click on the icon and select Battery Settingsâ€
In the new window that opens, make sure the battery saver is turned on. Let it turn on automatically at ten or twenty percent (or turn it on a little earlier if you don’t think you have enough power for a day). Also check that the brightness goes down in power saving mode. It is also a good idea to switch off the energy guzzlers.
We are talking about apps that use a lot of energy in the background. put under Battery usage per app the time on A week and check which apps are demanding a lot from your battery. Turn them off if you don’t need them. Finally, it is a good idea to check your power settings again, so that you know exactly when your laptop or the screen turns off after inactivity.
Battery in Windows 11 laptops
Earlier we looked at the options for Windows 10, now we look at what Windows 11 has to offer. In principle, it’s not that much of a difference. Tapping on the battery icon will give you access to work mode, as well as screen brightness. There is also a button here that puts the laptop in question directly into energy-saving mode.
By right-clicking on that same button, you go to the settings related to energy consumption. Here you will find how many hours your battery will last, for example. You can also quickly set the energy mode here. Do you focus on performance, energy savings or a combination of these? Finally, you see an overview of the battery usage of the past 24 hours.
Below that overview is a list of apps that have demanded a lot from the battery in the past 24 hours or seven days. You can disable those apps on this page, so that they don’t still consume energy in the background. Finally, you would do well to have as few apps or browser tabs open as possible; because the more the laptop keeps track of, the more energy it requires.
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