Learn how to use the built-in feature in Windows 11 and 10 to generate a battery report and check its health, capacity, model number, and more.
If there is one thing that is definitely going to degrade over time in a laptop, no matter how careful you are, it is its battery. Depending on how long it has been since you bought the laptop, how hard you are pushing it when running on battery, and how many charge cycles the battery has gone through, the battery backup time and capacity will decrease over time. That is one of the reasons why older laptops have abysmal battery life.
As such, it is important that you keep track of your battery health. Thankfully, Windows has a built-in feature that gives a detailed report about the laptop battery, which includes important information such as design capacity, current capacity, number of charge cycles it has gone through, battery model, recent usage stats, etc.
In this quick and straightforward tutorial, I will show you the steps to generate a full battery report in Windows 11 and Windows 10. Let’s get started.
Steps To Generate Battery Report in Windows 11 & 10
- Right-click the “Windows” icon on the taskbar.
- Select the “Terminal (Admin)” or “Windows PowerShell (Admin)”.
- Click “Yes” in the UAC prompt.
- Type “powercfg /batteryreport” and press “Enter“.
- Select the displayed URL in the command window.
- Press “Ctrl + C” to copy it to the clipboard.
- Open the web browser of your choice.
- Paste the URL in the address bar and press “Enter”.
- You will see the full battery report in the browser.
Detailed Steps (With Screenshots)
To get the full battery report, we’ll use the powercfg command as an admin with the /batteryreport flag. This command will generate the battery-report.html file and save it to the C drive. Opening the HTML file displays the battery report.
First, right-click the “Windows” icon or press the “Windows key + X” shortcut and then select the “Terminal (Admin)” option. Windows 10 users can select the “Windows PowerShell (Admin)” option.
In the command window, type the “powercfg /batteryreport” command and press Enter. As soon as you do that, Windows extracts the report and saves it as an HTML file.
In the command-line window, select the displayed file path and press “Ctrl + C” to copy the path to your clipboard.
Now, open the web browser of your choice, paste (Ctrl + V) the copied file path in the address bar, and press “Enter” on your keyboard.
The battery report contains a lot of information, including but not limited to the battery type, serial number, model, design capacity, current full charge capacity, cycle count, and more.
To find the recent usage statistics, go to the “Recent usage” section. It will show the time, power source, remaining battery capacity, and current state (active or standby).
You can also find the actual battery usage trend graph under the “Battery usage” section. The graph shows the actual battery drain over the last three days. The graph also comes with a table showing the percentage of battery drain and the corresponding time.
In the last section, you will see the battery life estimates. Windows creates these estimates based on the battery drain trends.
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If you have any questions or need help, comment below. I’ll be happy to assist.
Good to know: How to show the battery icon on the taskbar.
