How to Save Battery Life on Your Windows 11 Laptop

To extend your laptop's battery life, consider the following tips and adjustments:

Hardware Adjustments

• Unplug Accessories: Disconnect USB devices such as a mouse and keyboard when not in use.
• Disable Keyboard Backlight: Turn off the laptop's keyboard backlight to save power.

Power Management Settings

• Use Sleep Mode: Instead of shutting down, put your laptop to sleep if you are away from a charger.
  • Go to the Start menu, select Power options, and choose Sleep.

Display and Audio Settings

• Adjust Screen Brightness: Lower the brightness to 50% or below to conserve energy.
• Reduce Speaker Volume: Lower the volume, as higher levels consume more battery when playing audio or video.

Battery Settings

• Enable Battery Saver: Access the battery icon to enable Battery Saver mode, which typically activates at 20%, but can be set to turn on earlier.

Efficiency Tips

• Close Unnecessary Apps and Browser Tabs: Shut down apps and browser tabs that are not in use.
  • Evidence shows significantly higher power consumption with more open browser tabs and high-resolution video streaming.

Additional Recommendations

• Watch Videos at Lower Resolutions: If video streaming is necessary, reduce the resolution to decrease power usage.

Following these steps can significantly enhance the battery life of your Windows 11 laptop. For more tips and information, consider subscribing to updates.