How to enable battery saver on Windows 10

You can use battery saver to extend battery life on your device, and here's how you can use the feature.

Windows 10 battery settings
Windows 10 battery settings / Image: Mauro Huculak
  • To enable battery saver on Windows 10, open Settings > System > Battery and choose “Always” or the percentage the battery should fall before turning on the feature.
  • To disable the feature, choose the “Never” option from the “Battery” settings page.

On Windows 10, “Battery saver” is a feature that helps extend the battery life of your laptop or tablet by limiting background activities (including fancy visual effects such as transparency) and pushing notifications when the device is running low on battery.

Battery saver usually works automatically on laptops and tablets when unplugged, but if you have specific requirements, you can enable and disable the feature manually and even control how it should work.

In this guide, I will teach you how to manage the feature to save battery on Windows 10.

Enable battery saver on Windows 10

To turn on the battery-saver feature on Windows 10, use these steps:

  1. Open Settings on Windows 10.

  2. Click on System.

  3. Click on Battery.

  4. Choose the “Always” option or the percentage of when the “Battery saver” should be enabled using the “Turn battery saver on automatically at” setting.

    Enable battery saver on Windows 10

  5. Check the “Lower screen brightness while in battery saver” option to save even more battery.

Alternatively, click the “Battery” icon in the notification area and set the slider to the “Best Battery Life” position.

Windows 10 Taskbar battery settings
Windows 10 Taskbar battery settings / Image: Mauro Huculak

Disable battery saver on Windows 10

To disable battery saver on Windows 10, use these steps:

  1. Open Settings.

  2. Click on System.

  3. Click on Battery.

  4. Choose the Never option in the “Turn battery saver on automatically at” setting.

    Disable battery saver on Windows 10

Alternatively, you can click the battery icon in the notification area and use the slider to change the mode to something other than “Better Battery Life.”

Update January 24, 2024: This guide has been updated to ensure accuracy and reflect changes to the process.

About the author

Mauro Huculak is a Windows How-To Expert and founder of (est. 2010). With over 21 years as a technology writer and IT Specialist, Mauro specializes in Windows, software, and cross-platform systems such as Linux, Android, and macOS.

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