How to Check Your Laptop’s Battery – Laptop batteries degrade over time, leading to reduced performance and shorter battery life. Fortunately, Windows 11 includes a built-in battery report tool that provides a detailed breakdown of your battery’s condition. Here’s how to check if your laptop battery is still performing well or needs a replacement.
How to Generate a Battery Report in Windows 11
Windows 11 makes it easy to check your battery health using Windows Terminal. Follow these simple steps:
1. Open Windows Terminal (Admin)
To begin, you’ll need to run a command in Windows Terminal:
- Right-click on the Start menu
- Select Windows Terminal (Admin)
- If prompted, click Yes to allow changes to your device
This will open Windows Terminal, which supports PowerShell, Command Prompt, and other command-line tools. By default, it launches PowerShell, which is what we need.
2. Generate the Battery Health Report
How to Check Your Laptop’s Battery Health – In Windows Terminal, type the following command and press Enter:
powercfg /batteryreport /output "C:\battery-report.html"
This command will:
✔ Create a battery report in HTML format
✔ Save the report to the C drive under the filename battery-report.html
Once the report is generated, you can close Windows Terminal.
3. Locate and Open the Battery Report
- Open File Explorer
- Click This PC and select OS (C:)
- Look for battery-report.html
- Double-click the file to open it in your default web browser
What’s Inside Your Battery Health Report?
This detailed report provides insights into:
Battery capacity over time
Charge cycles and estimated battery life
⏳ Recent battery usage and trends
Regularly checking this report helps you monitor battery health and determine if it’s time for a replacement.
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