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6 Ways To Adjust Screen Brightness In Windows 10

Last Updated on July 11, 2020 by admin 28 Comments

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Most of us spend hours in front of a computer every day. Having the correct screen brightness is one of the best ways to avoid eye strain while working on a PC or any other device that has a display.

On supported PCs, Windows 10 automatically adjusts the screen brightness, but most users disable auto or adaptive screen brightness to manually adjust the brightness level.

Thankfully, Windows 10 offers a couple of easy ways to quickly adjust the screen brightness.

In Windows 10, in addition to hotkeys, you can also use the Settings app as well as the Action Center to adjust screen brightness.

Please note that the following methods may not work on a desktop PC connected to an external monitor. If you are on a desktop computer, please refer to our how to change external monitor screen brightness in Windows 10 guide.

Method 1 of 6

Adjust screen brightness using hotkeys

Almost all notebooks come with dedicated keys to quickly adjust the screen brightness. For instance, on my ThinkPad laptop, Fn + F5/F6 can be used to change the screen brightness.

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Have a look at your keyboard to see the brightness symbol on Function keys.

And if the hotkeys are not working, make sure that the display and keyboard drivers are installed.

Method 2 of 6

Use Action Center to display brightness in Windows 10

Step 1: Click on the Action Center icon in the taskbar to reveal the Action Center pane.

Step 2: Recent versions of Windows 10 have a slider at the bottom of the Action Center that you can use to adjust the screen brightness right from the Action Center. Move the slider to change the screen brightness.

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Method 3 of 6

Use settings to adjust screen brightness in Windows 10

This is the best way to adjust the correct screen display brightness as you can increase or reduce the brightness one percent at a time.

Step 1: Open the Settings app by clicking on its icon on the left side of the Start menu.

Step 2: In the Settings app, navigate to System > Display page.

Step 3: The Brightness and color section has a slider to adjust the screen brightness of the display. Note that this method applies to the internal or primary monitor only.  You can’t use it to change the screen brightness of the external monitor. Refer to how to change the external monitor screen brightness in Windows 10 guide for directions.

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Note that the brightness level adjuster might not appear if you’re trying to adjust the screen brightness of a monitor connected to your PC.

Method 4 of 6

Adjust display brightness via Windows Mobility Center

Step 1: Launch Windows Mobility Center by typing the same in the Start/taskbar search field and pressing Enter key.

Step 2: In the Display brightness section, move the slider to the left of the screen to reduce and to the right to increase the screen brightness.

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Method 5 of 6

Change screen brightness using keyboard shortcuts

If your laptop does not offer hotkeys to adjust the screen brightness, use the keyboard shortcuts provided by Windows 10 to adjust the brightness. Here is how.

Step 1: Simultaneously press the Windows logo and A keys to open the Action Center.

Step 2: Press Shift and Tab keys (Shift + Tab) to select the brightness slider.

Step 3: Use the left and right arrow keys to adjust the screen brightness.

Method 6 of 6

Use Control Panel to adjust brightness in Windows 10

UPDATE: This method does not work in recent versions of Windows 10

This is the classic way to manually adjust screen brightness in Windows 10.

Step 1: Right-click on the battery icon in the system tray of the taskbar and then click Adjust screen brightness option to open the Power Options window.

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Step 2: At the bottom of the screen, you should see the Screen brightness option with a slider. Move the slider towards the left of the screen to reduce the screen brightness and towards the right to increase the brightness.

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Let us know if there are additional ways to adjust screen brightness in Windows 10.

Filed Under: Windows 10 Tagged: Tips

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Comments

  1. admin says

    July 11, 2020 at 10:50 am

    Sorry for the late replay. Looks like the display or graphics driver is not installed on your PC.

  2. crox says

    April 18, 2020 at 7:27 am

    if you can’t find a built in option for a brightness slider you can try Twinkle Tray: github.com/xanderfrangos/twinkle-tray

  3. gavin says

    October 12, 2019 at 7:00 pm

    don’t have hotkeys, don’t have brightness tile, don’t have that after instructions, and i don’t have the battery icon.

  4. Smile says

    October 9, 2019 at 3:39 pm

    Thankyou notification method is eassy or good my laptop function keys are not working i dont know why….!

  5. Maurie Thompson says

    September 7, 2019 at 8:25 am

    I have a win10 desktop with latest 1903 updates in place. I notice that there are several icons missing from the taskbar notification area including the brightness control, the Sun icon for instance. Can I reinstate these icons somehow?
    Can some help please, I am an Octogenarian but not brain dead, just a little slow.
    Thankyou MaurieT.

  6. David W says

    August 31, 2019 at 9:06 pm

    Thanks, all worked well on my laptop.

    A PC with monitor is another story, you must use the hardware knob or whatever on the monitor. The methods above cannot over-ride it.

  7. Isaac Kibirige says

    August 3, 2019 at 11:43 pm

    Nothing worked out for me

  8. Fitsum Abrha says

    August 1, 2019 at 6:54 pm

    This is great solutions and I thank you!

  9. Karabo-Ken says

    July 23, 2019 at 12:27 am

    Thank you! it was very helpful…
    This screen was so bright, I felt like my eyes were being punched..
    Again, much appreciated.

  10. Amy says

    March 9, 2019 at 2:23 pm

    Thank you

  11. den says

    February 17, 2019 at 11:29 pm

    no brightness control – non of the slides adjust the brightness

  12. Hidayat says

    December 4, 2018 at 7:22 pm

    respected Sir !
    I am continually try all the given way to reduce my system brightness but …………. not effecting

    its show 0% brightness but not reducing any Display

  13. Nyirinkindi Jean Baptiste says

    October 17, 2018 at 8:12 pm

    Hello?, I can’t see the brightness in all those methods

  14. Liz says

    September 30, 2018 at 1:49 am

    Thanks. Had a small app that allowed me to quickly adjust brightness (for gaming mostly) but when computer crashed & Windows 10 was reinstalled the app had been “eaten” and I could not replace it. Wasn’t used to using function keys but after reading this I looked — and found a quick key combo that works just fine and is faster. Again, thx!

  15. arriane says

    August 10, 2018 at 4:49 pm

    my brightness adjustment is not working too, no changes even if you adjust by 0 to 100%.
    please help me whats the problem of my laptop.
    thanks

  16. Muqaddas says

    July 5, 2018 at 2:41 pm

    I used all of above mentioned methods and brightness level increase and decrease but actually brightness remains same
    any solution please?

  17. Max Hartzenberg says

    July 5, 2018 at 2:04 pm

    This is for laptops.

  18. Anonymouseeeesqueak lmao says

    July 1, 2018 at 7:30 pm

    My brightness level shows zero percent but its like 100% its burning my eyes and i cant adjust it someone help me

  19. Bob Price says

    June 8, 2018 at 6:11 pm

    My Dell laptop suddenly had brightness issues. I could not solve the problem. I would start up and it would be a dim setting, other times a bright setting. This morning I downloaded updates, went to battery icon, right clicked and there I have an adjust screen brightness setting. There is a slide bar which I previously did not have and it is now working perfectly. I can adjust to any brightness I wish. begs the question why it was not there in the first place.

  20. Nancy says

    June 5, 2018 at 4:55 am

    The only thing that shows on my computer under DISPLAY is night light…so I use this..much easier on eyes..all the other suggestions don’t work as none of those things are found.

  21. Asad says

    June 3, 2018 at 12:06 am

    I tried all four the bar goes plus and minus in brightness but its the same

  22. Jonathan says

    May 2, 2018 at 11:24 pm

    Uhm,
    This article is written for a laptop.
    For all of those users wondering why it is 100% wrong on their computer, it is because they don’t have the same settings.
    Might be nice to mention this, Dear Author?

  23. terry norman says

    February 28, 2018 at 7:57 pm

    I have tried all 4 of these alternatives and found the brightness percent is 100%. are there anymore suggestions?

  24. Jase says

    October 28, 2017 at 5:56 am

    I’m on Windows 10 but I see none of these things

  25. Julian Howe says

    October 15, 2017 at 4:12 pm

    What if I don’t see any of these things?Then what do I do?

  26. Juvawolf says

    September 10, 2017 at 3:03 pm

    Thank you! The brightness control at settings didn’t worked and it showed 0% of brightness. I couldn’t remember the hotkeys. Now I know them! And it worked! Right now at least my eyes aren’t burning…

  27. admin says

    September 28, 2016 at 6:19 pm

    @ Sam,
    Brilliant! I forgot about Mobility Center while compiling the post. Thanks again.

  28. Sam Beckle says

    September 28, 2016 at 11:39 am

    Right-click on the battery icon in system tray of taskbar and then click “Windows Mobility Center” then use the Display brightness slider.

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