Learn how to change the power mode on your Windows PC to preserve your battery, limit notifications, and background activity.

When you’re ready to make your PC sleep, just press the power button on your desktop, tablet, or laptop, or close your laptop’s lid. On most PCs, you can resume working by pressing your PC's power button.

Select Start > Settings > System > Power & battery . If you want battery saver to turn on whenever the battery falls below a certain level, select Battery saver, then choose the battery level you'd like.

To check the status of your battery, select the battery icon in the taskbar. To add the battery icon to the taskbar: Select Start > Settings > Personalization > Taskbar, and then scroll down to Notification area. Select Select which icons appear on the taskbar, and then turn on the Power toggle.

Learn how to change the power mode on your Windows PC to preserve your battery, limit notifications, and background activity.

Select Start > Settings > System > Power & battery > Energy recommendations. Select Apply all or individually adjust settings that are likely to use more power than average—such as screen brightness, screen saver, and how long your device can be inactive before it goes to sleep or turns off.

From the Accessibility page you can change Windows accessibility options to make your PC easier to use, including settings for vision, hearing, and interaction.

Learn how to change the power mode on your Windows PC to preserve your battery, limit notifications, and background activity.

If a problem doesn't reappear when you start in safe mode, you can eliminate the default settings, basic device drivers, and services as possible causes. Other startup settings include advanced features intended for use by system administrators and IT professionals.

Windows defaults for screen and sleep have been updated to reduce energy use when your device is idle. The tables below show the new default values for screen and sleep.