How to Limit the Battery on a Dell Laptop

Do you want to extend your Dell laptop battery lifespan by setting a charging limit? If yes then you’re at the right place. In this guide, you’ll learn how to limit the battery on a Dell laptop in Windows 10/11.

Meanwhile, before any other component on a laptop, the battery wears out first. This is a result of overcharging. When you charge your battery after it has reached its maximum charge, you risk overcharging it. Simply put, overcharging a battery occurs when the charge is more than 100%. Overcharging a lithium-ion battery results in thermal runaway and increased pressure, which makes the battery unstable. The battery’s lifespan is shortened as a result. The most popular usage of lithium-ion batteries is in laptops. When the charger is left in the laptop after it has finished charging, overcharging might happen. If you cap the battery charge after a specific percentage, overcharging can be avoided.

Why restrict the charging level of your laptop battery?

Why can keeping your laptop battery’s maximum charge low prolong its life? This has to do with the chemistry and operation of lithium-ion batteries. Our Definitive Guide to Battery Charging has a detailed explanation.

The quick explanation is that lithium batteries don’t like to be charged to their maximum capacity for extended periods of time. The battery is strained and depletes more quickly as a result. You’re bringing about the need to replace it faster. If you own one of the numerous contemporary slim laptops where the battery is not detachable and fairly expensive to properly replace, you have a serious problem.

How to Limit the Battery on a Dell Laptop

Luckily, if you have a Dell laptop then you don’t need to use any third-party apps. Dell Power Manager can do the job. By customizing how the battery should be maintained depending on their preferences, end users may maximize their battery life by using the Dell Power Manager tool. Additionally, Dell Power Manager offers alert messages for incompatible USB Type-C devices and protocols, batteries, docks, and power adapters.

1. Dell laptops come with the Dell Power Manager Utility pre-installed.  If not, download and install the Dell Power Manager from the Microsoft Store.

2. Once installed, launch the app. Go to the Battery Information tab and click Settings.

Settings

3. Navigate to the Custom menu and set the battery to any percentage you want so.

4. Once everything is configured, click OK. In our case, we’ll set it to 80%.

Limit the Battery on a Dell Laptop

That’s it. This is how you can set or limit the battery on a Dell laptop in Windows 10/11. You cannot start and stop charging your laptop battery by setting a charging restriction in Windows 11. You must install the specialized program created by your laptop maker or modify the necessary settings in your system BIOS if you want to adjust charging settings and set a charging limit for your laptop battery.

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