TOP 6 effective ways to adjust laptop screen brightness

Adjusting the brightness of your laptop screen to suit your eyesight is the best way to protect your eyes and avoid eye strain. If you do not know how to adjust the brightness of your laptop screen, please refer to the following TOP 6 effective  ways to adjust the brightness of your laptop screen from HACOM!

How to adjust laptop screen brightness using key combinations available on the keyboard

- Most laptop models have a built-in feature to change screen brightness on the function key row from F1 to F12. You can refer to the shortcut keys to increase or decrease brightness suitable for some laptop brands:

+ How to adjust the brightness of HP laptop screen: Fn + F2/F3.

+ How to adjust Dell Inspiron laptop screen brightness: Fn + F4/F5.

+ How to adjust Lenovo laptop screen brightness: Fn+F11/F12.

+ How to adjust Asus laptop screen brightness: Fn+F5/F.

- These are usually function keys, so you need to press and hold the Fn key on the keyboard, usually located near the bottom left corner of the keyboard, while you press the F1-F12 keys to activate the brightness increase and decrease feature.

Adjust screen brightness from Settings

Press Windows+I to open Settings and go to System > Display. Under Brightness and color, use the Change brightness slider. Moving your mouse to the left will make the screen darker, and moving it to the right will make the screen brighter.

If the slider is not available you use an external monitor then use the buttons on it to change the brightness. Or you have to update the display driver.

To do this, press Windows key+X and click Device Manager. Expand Display adapters and then right-click your graphics card. Click Update driver and follow the wizard.

Adjust screen brightness using Control Panel

You can adjust different brightness levels depending on whether your computer is charging or running low on battery. To save battery power, set the brightness level to a dimmer when your computer is not plugged in.

To do this, press Windows key+R to open Run, type control panel and select OK. Go to Hardware and Sound > Power Options and click Change plan settings next to the one you selected.

You can use the Adjust plan brightness slider and set the levels to On battery and Plugged in. Once done, click Save changes.

Use Windows Mobility Center to increase laptop screen brightness

In addition to the ways to adjust laptop screen brightness mentioned above, you can also change this feature through Windows Mobility Center.

Step 1: You search in the search bar on windows and find the keyword Mobility Center.

Step 2: Click to open Windows Mobility Center.

Step 3: Adjust the screen brightness to suit the slider in the Display brightness section that appears on the window. 

How to increase and decrease laptop screen brightness using f.lux

You can use 3rd party software to adjust brightness like f.lux.

In addition to being able to increase or decrease the brightness of the computer screen as usual, f.lux also has the ability to automatically adjust the brightness according to the ambient light sensor or even the time zone you are using the computer in. This optimization is very suitable for frequent laptop users, because it limits the negative effects of electronic screen light on your eyes.

You download and install the software on your computer, when you open f.lux, on the main interface there will be a long bar used to adjust the brightness. There are also some options for color, timer,. that you can customize according to your needs.

Adjust laptop screen brightness with shortcut

You can quickly adjust brightness with the two shortcuts below:

Shortcut 1: You can quickly adjust the brightness via the Action Center icon on the taskbar (or press Windows key+A). Use the brightness slider to adjust. The further to the right, the brighter the screen.

If the icon doesn't appear, press Windows key+I, go to System > Notifications & actions > Edit your quick actions and click Add > Brightness > Done.

Shortcut 2: Use a third-party utility called Windows 10 Brightness Slider. This lightweight utility adds a brightness icon in the system tray that you can click to adjust the brightness on a slider, similar to how the volume icon works.

Go to the project on GitHub, download the file and open it. It will automatically go to the system tray. If you want it to stay there, right-click the icon and select Run At Startup.

Conclude:

With the simple steps above, you can quickly adjust the brightness to suit your laptop screen. With the above ways to adjust laptop screen brightness, I hope you can easily adjust the brightness of the screen.

Marvin Fry

Update 16 January 2025