This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off displaying the battery percentage on the taskbar for your account in Windows 11.
By default, you can always check your PC's battery status and more when you hover over the battery icon in the taskbar system tray.
Starting with Windows 11 build 26100.7019 (24H2) and build 26200.7019 (25H2), the battery icons are now improved to display colored icons to indicate charging states, simplified overlays that don’t block the percentage bars, and an option to turn on battery percentage. A green battery icon shows that your PC is charging and is in a good state. A yellow icon indicates your battery is less than or equal to 20%. You can also enable the ability to see the battery percentage next to the battery icon in the system tray. The new battery icons, featuring color indicators and battery percentage, now appear in the lower-right corner of the lock screen.
Contents
- Option One: Turn On or Off Show Battery Percentage on Taskbar in Settings
- Option Two: Turn On or Off Show Battery Percentage on Taskbar using REG file
- Option Three: Turn On or Off Show Battery Percentage on Taskbar in Registry Editor
EXAMPLE: Show battery percentage on taskbar with icon in black, yellow, and green to indicate different charging states
1 Open Settings (Win+I).
2 Click/tap on System on the left side, and click/tap on Power & battery on the right side. (see screenshot below)
3 Turn on or off (default) Battery percentage for what you want. (see screenshot below)
4 You can now close Settings if you like.
This option will not work when Administrator protection is turned on.
1 Do step 2 (on) or step 3 (off) below for what you want.
2 Turn On Show Battery Percentage on Taskbar
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.
Turn_ON_show_battery_percentage_on_taskbar.reg
Download
(Contents of REG file for reference)
Code:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]
"IsBatteryPercentageEnabled"=dword:000000013 Turn Off Show Battery Percentage on Taskbar
This is the default setting.
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.
Turn_OFF_show_battery_percentage_on_taskbar.reg
Download
(Contents of REG file for reference)
Code:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]
"IsBatteryPercentageEnabled"=dword:000000004 Save the .reg file to your desktop.
5 If you have Smart App Control turned on, you will need to unblock the downloaded REG file.
6 Double click/tap on the downloaded .reg file to merge it.
7 When prompted, click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK to approve the merge.
8 You can now delete the downloaded .reg file if you like.
1 Open Registry Editor (regedit.exe).
2 Navigate to the key location below in the left pane of Registry Editor. (see screenshot below step 3)
HKEY_USERS\<SID>\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced
Substitute <SID> in the key path above with the actual SID for the account you want to apply this to.
For example:
HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-2498639629-3946114050-4100787084-1001\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced
3 In the right pane of the Advanced key, double click/tap on the IsBatteryPercentageEnabled DWORD to modify it. (see screenshot below)
4 Enter 0 (off - default) or 1 (on) for what you want, and click/tap on OK. (see screenshot below)
5 You can now close Registry Editor if you like.
That's it,
Shawn Brink
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