How to check battery level on Windows 10 laptop

Normally you need to download software to check the loss of your laptop's battery, but try a way that doesn't require software and can also see the battery level of your Windows 10 laptop with the simple steps below.

Step 1: Go to Windows PowerShell settings

First of all, press the Windows + X key combination to access "Windows PowerShell", double click and select "Windows PowerShell" (Admin) from the menu.

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Step 2: Enter the command

Please copy and enter the command line "powercfg /batteryreport" and press "Enter".

Step 3: Find instructions

Here, the system will instruct you where to store information about your current battery status. Right behind the "Battery life report saved to file path" section is the address you need to find. Click to select that address and then press the key combination "Ctrl + C" to copy it and go to "My Desktop", This PC,. then paste it into the search bar and press "Enter".

Step 4: View your battery status

After pressing Enter, you will be taken to the browser window showing the battery status, look at the "Installed batteries" section.

Here see "Design Capacity" and "Full Charge Capacity". "Design Capacity" will show the original capacity of the battery when first purchased. "Full Charge Capacity" is the capacity of the battery at that time. If the distance between the two numbers is about 15000-2000mAh, it means your battery has worn out quite a lot. Please note that when using the device, you should continuously charge it or buy a new battery.

Step 5: View other information

Below is some other information displayed in the Battery Report panel. They are equally useful beyond checking the health of your battery.

Battery Capacity History

This section will show you how your battery capacity has changed over time. Design Capacity means the initial battery capacity, while Full Charge is the capacity you can currently fully charge, this capacity will decrease over time.

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This section is an estimate of the battery life on the device. The parameter in the Design Capacity column shows how long the battery can be used based on the initial battery capacity. As for At Full Charge, it is the actual amount of time you can use.

Please scroll to the last line, here will show the current usage time. In this case, my computer would use about 3:17:43 at Design Capacity, but currently only uses 3:12:11.

Here will display the battery usage time by period, calculated by battery (Battery Duration) and calculated by charge (AC Duration).

Lesley Montoya

Update 21 April 2024