System Turn On or Off HDR on Battery in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off disable HDR when PC is running on battery for your account in Windows 11.

HDR content offers better brightness and color capabilities compared to traditional content (sometimes called standard dynamic range [SDR] content). Traditional content typically shows details in a bright part of a scene or a darker part of a scene but not in both parts at the same time. For example, if the shot focuses on a bright window in the scene, details in the shadow are lost.

Whereas HDR can show a wider range of colors and light and more details in between the extremes. Colors are more vivid and unique in HDR content. Additionally, bright parts of a scene are brighter while dark parts can be darker, and you don’t lose any details.

Playing HDR content while running your laptop on battery can reduce battery life. Therefore, HDR will turn off by default when you're running on battery.

If HDR is turned on when your laptop is plugged in and then you unplug your laptop, HDR will be turned off to help save battery power. If you plug in your laptop again, HDR will be turned on again automatically.

Reference:







1 Open Settings (Win+I).

2 Click/tap on System on the left side, and click/tap on Display on the right side. (see screenshot below)



3 Click/tap on HDR or Use HDR on the right side. (see screenshot below)


4 Under Battery options, perform one of the following actions for what you want: (see screenshots below)

• Select Optimize for image quality in the drop menu.
• Select Optimize for battery life (default) in the drop menu, and check or uncheck (default) Allow HDR games, videos, and apps on battery.

Starting with Windows 11 build 25346 in the Canary Channel, build 26200.5581 (Dev) and build 26120.3950 (Beta 24H2), it’s now easier to configure the state of HDR when running on battery.

5 You can now close Settings if you like.





1 Do step 2 (on) or step 3 (off) below for what you would like to do.





(Contents of REG file for reference)

This is the default setting.

(Contents of REG file for reference)

4 Save the .reg file to your desktop.

5 Double click/tap on the downloaded .reg file to merge it.

6 When prompted, click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK to approve the merge.

7 You could now delete the downloaded .reg file if you like.


That's it,
Shawn Brink