How to Turn Off Auto Brightness in Windows 11

If you don’t like your monitor or laptop screen automatically changing the brightness, follow these steps to turn off the auto brightness feature in Windows 11.

Most Windows laptops and even some monitors have a built-in brightness sensor (ambient light sensor). Windows 11 uses this sensor to automatically adjust the screen brightness according to the brightness in your surroundings (ambient light). For example, if you are in a well-lit room, Windows increases the brightness. On the other hand, if you are in a dimly lit room or working at night, Windows reduces the screen brightness to reduce strain on your eyes.

While the auto brightness feature is useful, sometimes, it can be pretty annoying to have the screen change the brightness randomly, even when you don’t want it to. This is especially true if the brightness sensor is not accurate or overzealous.

Thankfully, you can easily disable auto brightness in Windows 11 in three ways. Let me show you how.

Before You Start

• Enabling or disabling auto brightness in Windows 11 requires your system to have a built-in brightness sensor. If you don’t have it, you will not see the options to control auto brightness.
• Some monitors may have brightness sensors controlled by the monitor itself. In that case, you have to disable auto brightness via monitor settings. Please consult your monitor manual.
• If you are using a laptop and connected to an external monitor, disconnect from it temporarily. If you don’t, you might see the auto-brightness settings.

Turn Off Auto Brightness in Windows From Settings

The Windows 11 Settings app has the option to turn off auto brightness. You just need to uncheck an option, and you are good to go.

1. Press the “Windows key + I” to open Settings.
2. Select “System” on the sidebar.
3. Click on the “Display” option.
4. Click and expand the “Brightness” option.
5. Select “Off” from the “Change brightness based on content” dropdown.
6. Finally, close the settings app and reboot Windows 11.
7. With that, you have turned off auto brightness in Windows 11.

Detailed Steps (With Screenshots)

As always, the first thing to do is, open the Settings app. To do that, you have two ways. Either press the “Windows key + I” shortcut or right-click the Windows icon on the taskbar and select “Settings”.

In the Settings window, go to the “System” tab from the sidebar and click the “Display” option on the right page.

The above action opens the display settings page. Here, click the “Brightness” option to expand it. Next, select “Off” from the “Change brightness based on content“. This setting disables the auto-brightness feature completely.

Note: If you want, you can select the “On battery” option so that when your laptop is not connected to a wall power, Windows manages the brightness for best battery life.

That is all. Close the Settings app and restart your computer. After restarting, Windows 11 will no longer auto-adjust the screen brightness. If you want to change the brightness, you have to do it manually via the Quick Settings panel, specific keys on your keyboard, or monitor buttons.

Disable Auto Brightness Using Intel Graphics Command Center

If running an Intel CPU, you can use the Intel Graphics Command Center to turn off auto-brightness. Here is where to find the option and change it.

1. Open the Start menu.
2. Search and open “Intel Graphics Command Center“.
3. Select “System” on the sidebar.
4. Go to the “Power” tab.
5. Select the “On battery” tab under the Power tab.
6. Select “Maximum Performance” from the Power Plans dropdown menu.
7. Turn OFF the “Display Power Savings” option.
8. Close the application and reboot the computer.
9. After rebooting, the automatic brightness is turned off.

Disable Auto Brightness Using AMD Radeon Settings

If you are on an AMD CPU, you need to turn off the Vari-Bright feature to disable auto-brightness. If you don’t know, the Vari-Bright feature dims the display to improve battery life.

1. Open the Start menu.
2. Search and open “AMD Radeon Settings“.
3. Click on the “Settings” icon in the top-right corner.
4. Go to the “Display” tab.
5. Turn OFF the “Vari-Bright” feature.
6. Close the application.
7. Reboot the computer.
8. After rebooting, the auto-brightness feature is disabled.

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That is all. It is that simple to turn off auto brightness in Windows 11. If you have any questions or need help, comment below. I’ll be happy to assist.