How To Check Windows 11 Laptop Battery Health

Checking the battery status of your Windows 11 laptop can be important if you own a laptop running Microsoft's latest operating system.

Battery life is obviously very important, whether you're working on one of the best business laptops or enjoying a marathon Starfield session on one of the best gaming laptops on the market.

Fortunately, checking the battery status of a Windows 11 laptop is very simple and can be done in a very short time. Simply run a quick line of code using the Windows command line and then save the battery charge report as an HTML file that you can open in your browser of choice.

With this report in front of you, you can instantly analyze everything, including the type of battery installed on your laptop, recent battery usage, battery usage history, battery productivity history and battery life estimates. And yes, this is definitely the longest time we've used the word "drums" in the same sentence in Tom's Guide.

Although these numbers may seem a little scary at first glance, they are useful in determining if something is wrong with your laptop battery. If your usage history shows that your battery is constantly draining, your laptop battery may need to be replaced .

However, let's not worry about the worst case scenario just yet. Instead, we'll focus on the steps to check your Windows 11 laptop battery health with our quick and easy guide.

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1. Open the Start menu, then search for Command Prompt.

2. Run Command Prompt as Administrator

3. Type powercfg /batteryreport/output "C:\battery_report.html" and press Enter.

4. Navigate to the “C:\battery_report.html” file located on your C drive.

5. Click the HTML link to view the battery report.

Read the full illustrated instructions for each step.

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1. Open the Start menu and search for Command Prompt.

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Press the Windows button on the laptop keyboard and type “Command Prompt” in the Search tab .

2. Run command prompt as administrator.

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When the list of best matches appears , right-click the Command Prompt application and select Run as administrator .

3. Type powercfg /batteryreport/output "C:\battery_report.html" and press Enter.

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At the command prompt, type the following line of code like this: powercfg /batteryreport /output "C:\battery_report.html" and press Enter . This will generate a battery charge report and it will be instantly saved to your C drive.

4. Navigate to the “C:\battery_report.html” file located on the C drive.

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To find the battery charge report you just created, open File Explorer in the Windows 11 taskbar and click This PC . From there, you need to go to the "Devices and drives" section . Then open the C drive where the new "battery_report.html" file should be at the bottom of the folder.

5. Click the HTML link to view the battery report.

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Clicking on this HTML link will open the battery charge report in your default browser. From there, you can check everything from usage history and battery charging history to battery service rating .

And it's. Now you know how to quickly check the battery status of your Windows 11 laptop. Obviously, this is not a process you need to perform regularly if your laptop is relatively new, but for older models it can be useful to check the battery status. Every few months.

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If you need more help with Windows 11, see How to move the taskbar in Windows 11, How to enable HDR in Windows 11 , and How to create your own Windows 11 desktop icons .

How to Check Battery Status in Windows 11