How to turn on HP laptop keyboard light properly and simply

Some HP laptop lines launched in recent years are often equipped with a keyboard backlight feature to help users conveniently work in low-light environments. To know if your laptop has a keyboard light or not, join TipsMake to learn how to turn on the HP laptop keyboard light through the following article.

Instructions for checking whether a laptop has a keyboard light or not?

Currently, some laptop keyboard lines are often equipped with keyboard lights to assist users when working at night or in poorly lit places. In addition, the keyboard light is also a factor that contributes to the aesthetics that many users love.

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To identify whether your laptop keyboard has built-in lighting from the manufacturer, check with TipsMake with the lighting symbol hint printed on the button. 

If there is no such symbol on the laptop keyboard you are using, it means your computer model does not support keyboard lighting. 

Benefits of turning on the laptop keyboard light

As mentioned, equipping laptop keyboard lights is said by manufacturers that this lighting feature brings users many significant benefits. 

The most obvious advantage is that it helps protect users' eyes and reduces eye strain when working in low-light environments. This integrated lighting feature helps support and protect the user's eyes.

In addition, the keyboard lighting system with a variety of different display colors such as blue, red, purple, yellow. also highlights the user's device. This contributes to increasing the aesthetics of the device in the eyes of users and people around. 

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How to turn on HP laptop keyboard light with Windows 10

The most typical line of laptops equipped with keyboard lights is HP laptops with Windows 10. In the following content, TipsMake will guide users on 3 ways to turn on HP laptop keyboard lights. Specifically:

1. Turn on the HP keyboard light with the shortcut

For each different HP laptop line, the manufacturer will change the combination of buttons to turn on the light to create diversity and specificity for the machines. 

First is how to turn on the HP laptop keyboard light with a key combination. In the case of HP laptops equipped with a backlight keyboard, the Keyboard Backlight icon is a keyboard image with a few rays of light. To perform the operation of turning on the HP laptop keyboard light, users only need to press the key combination Fn + Space Bar . 

In the HP laptop line, there is a keyboard lighting symbol printed on the F5 key. To activate the light, users use the key combination Fn + F5 . 

As for some other HP models, the manufacturer integrates the keyboard light switch above the F3 key. Users to adjust the light on/off just need to press the F3 button . 

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2. Turn on the HP Laptop keyboard light using Control Panel

In case the user wants to turn on the HP laptop keyboard light other than pressing the print key switch on the keyboard or a key combination, you can still do it using the Control Panel. TipsMake guides you on how to turn on the HP laptop keyboard light as follows:

1. Step 1: Click on the Windows icon and enter 'Control Panel' in the search box and Enter. 
2. Step 2: In the Control Panel interface, users click on 'Windows Mobility Center' .
   Step 3: In the Windows Mobility Center window, users click on the Keyboard Backlighting icon . 
3. Step 4: Now, move the slider to Bright. Then, press 'OK' to complete the process of turning on/off the HP laptop keyboard light.

3. Turn on the keyboard lighting using Keyboard Illumination

In addition to the two ways to turn on the HP keyboard light introduced by TipsMake above, users can also do it with another way: control it with Keyboard Illumination . Detailed steps are as follows:

1. Step 1: User restarts the computer. At the same time, press and hold the F2 or DEL key to access the BIOS Setup Utility . 
2. Step 2 : Access the 'System Configuration' section . Then, select 'Keyboard Illumination' .
3. Step 3: In the 'Keyboard Illumination' section window , select the desired brightness level and then click 'Apply' . Finally, select 'Exit' and wait for the device to reboot. 

Epilogue

Above article guides users 3 ways to turn on HP Windows 10 laptop keyboard light simply and quickly. If you know any other way to turn on the light, please leave a comment to let everyone know. Thank you for following and good luck with your implementation.

Micah Soto

Update 05 October 2023