Battery drains faster

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Battery drains faster

Hakim Yusof 40

My laptop battery used to last 6–7 hours, but now it barely makes it to 3. Did the update mess with power management?

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Tracy Le 13,530 Independent Advisor

Hi Hakim Yusof,

First, open Settings => System => Power & battery => Battery usage by app and close or uninstall any app using a lot of power; then lower your screen brightness to about 40–50%, turn on Battery saver, and switch off Bluetooth when you’re not using it. Restart the laptop to clear stuck background tasks and make sure Windows Update and your laptop maker’s updates (HP/Lenovo/Asus) are installed. If it still dies quickly, I can walk you through a simple battery health check (powercfg /batteryreport) to see if the battery capacity has dropped, if the full‑charge capacity is much lower than the design capacity, the battery may need replacing or service.

If you successfully recover it, just let me know and remember click "accept answer"!

Tracy Le.

Hakim Yusof 40 Reputation points

2026-05-21T05:53:50.6+00:00

I'll monitor it a little more time after the fix. Maybe it's time to replace a new one, I've been using this machine for almost 4 years. Thanks for the response.