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Fix: Battery Icon Missing From Windows 10 Taskbar

Last Updated on May 2, 2020 by admin 48 Comments

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If you have installed Windows operating system on a netbook, notebook, tablet or desktop computer with Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS), you probably are familiar with the small battery icon that appears in the system tray area of the taskbar.

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The battery status icon comes very handy for users who don’t keep their notebooks or netbooks connected to the power supply always. Hovering the mouse cursor over the battery icon shows the remaining battery time and percentage.

Right-clicking on the battery icon provides quick access to Power Options, Windows Mobility Center, and Adjust screen brightness. One can quickly switch between power plans by clicking on the battery icon.

While this battery icon always appears in the system tray area of the taskbar, sometimes you might find that the icon is missing from the taskbar. If the battery icon isn’t appearing on the taskbar, you can try out the following solutions to restore the missing battery icon in Windows.

Solution 1 of 4

Check if the battery icon behavior has been changed

Instructions for Windows 10 (scroll down for Windows 8/7 instructions)

Step 1: Open the Settings app either by clicking its icon in the Start menu or using Windows logo + I hotkey.

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Step 2: Navigate to Personalization > Taskbar. This will open the taskbar settings page.

Step 3: Click Select Which icons appear on the taskbar link.

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Step 4: Turn the switch next to the Power icon to the On position.

NOTE: If the power icon setting is greyed out, refer to our battery icon settings greyed out in Windows 10 article.

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That’s it!

Instructions for Windows 8/7

Step 1: Perform a click on the small arrow visible on the taskbar and then click the Customize option available in the resulting box to open Notification Area Icons window.

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Step 2: Here, check if the behavior of the Power icon has been set to Hide icon and notifications. If yes, select Show icon and notifications from the drop-down menu to and then click OK button to restore the icon.

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Solution 2 of 4

Scan for hardware changes

Step 1: Open the Device Manager. To do so, you can right-click on the Start button (Windows 8.1 only), and then click Device Manager. If you are on Windows 10/8/7, open Run command by simultaneously pressing Windows and R keys, type Devmgmt.msc and then press Enter key to open Device Manager.

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Step 2: In the Device Manager, expand Batteries. Right-click on Microsoft AC Adapter entry and click Uninstall button. Click the OK button when you see the warning message to continue uninstalling the driver.

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Step 3: Next, click on the Action menu and then click Scan for hardware changes option to restore the missing battery icon.

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Solution 3 of 4

Try repairing system files

Step 1: Open elevated Command Prompt. To do so, type CMD in Start screen or Start menu, and then simultaneously press Ctrl + Shift + Enter keys to run Command Prompt as administrator.

Step 2: In the Prompt, type sfc /scannow and then press Enter key to run System File Checker. This will take some time to scan all system files and will automatically repair corrupted operating system files, if any.

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You may need to reboot your PC once after running System File Checker.

Solution 4 of 4

Use Refresh PC feature or Reset PC

On Windows 10, you can use the Reset PC feature. Please refer to our how to reset your Windows 10 PC or how to reset Windows 10 to factory settings guide for detailed instructions.

The Refresh PC feature in Windows 8 and 8.1 lets you reinstall your Windows without erasing your files, settings, and apps installed from the Store.

Filed Under: Windows 10 Tagged: Fix It

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Comments

  1. admin says

    May 2, 2020 at 2:06 pm

    If the Power icon is missing, refer to our this guide:
    https://www.intowindows.com/fix-battery-icon-setting-greyed-out-in-windows-10/

  2. aji says

    April 29, 2019 at 7:59 pm

    Thanks for your solutions.
    I have fixed using step 3 then following step 2.

  3. Goy-h8ter goldstein says

    April 18, 2019 at 11:44 pm

    When I would follow the steps to add system icons my battery icon was greyed out, and when I would go to “select which items appear on taskbar” the power Icon was an option to toggle but it was just an empty blue box with no thumbnail or anything. I followed your steps with the drivers and nothing happened. That is, until my icon suddenly reappeared on its own.

  4. Waco John says

    April 11, 2019 at 11:04 pm

    Solution 2 fixed the problem for me. W10-32 laptop. Thanks for the article.

  5. Bill Rudge says

    January 31, 2019 at 10:53 pm

    Utterly useless. I went through instructions for Windowes 10 (Settings, Personalization, Task bar) and there is NO “Power” icon to switch on !

  6. shery says

    August 8, 2018 at 11:09 pm

    after uninstall and reinstall the battery driver it fixed the issue and then again when I shut down my computer and restart it the problem comes back again.I have windows 10 on HP Laptop

  7. Lee G says

    August 7, 2018 at 12:47 am

    Thanks for these solutions. I just disabled the ac battery adapter and re-enabled it again and the icon came back. There was no need to delete and install again.

  8. George says

    July 31, 2018 at 7:58 pm

    I have found my Battery Icon missing, where did it go? Well mine went to the Hidden Icon box twice now. I clicked on it and dragged it back into the Task Bar which worked! I don’t know if am accidentally dragging it there with this touch mouse pad laptop or what? Anyway that’s how I undid the disappearing act.

  9. Gene says

    March 30, 2018 at 4:42 pm

    I toggled then on | off power button. Still wasn’t working so I restarted the machine ( Asus)… The power button then appeared

  10. Rohit Kumar Sahu says

    February 23, 2018 at 12:36 pm

    Thanks a lot

  11. Kriss says

    January 22, 2018 at 2:48 am

    My icon isn’t showing so i right-clicked on the taskbar, clicked on ‘Taskbar-Settings’ and went down to where i can change which icons show on taskbar. The power icon is turned ‘on’ however it and several other icon options don’t display the icon even in those settings..so..how do i fix this?

    I am currently trying the CMD prompt option, having tried all the previous which didn’t help. I am on 48% but since it’s taking so long and just in case it doesn’t fix the problem..can anyone suggest anything else?
    If the CMD option helps i will delete this or simply mention that it helped.

    Thanks.

  12. Britt says

    January 15, 2018 at 1:32 pm

    The easiest way that worked for me is to RESTART your computer. It instantly comes back. I tried disabling and enabling the button like some people suggested but that didn’t work…

  13. Dave says

    January 8, 2018 at 12:23 pm

    Disabling and re-enabling the battery driver worked immediately. Don’t know if it’s a long-term fix. I am curious as this has happened twice now in the last month. Don’t know what’s causing it, but at least this is a quick fix.

  14. Mike says

    October 2, 2017 at 2:31 pm

    I disable the Microsoft AC- adaptor to re-able it later on in order to get the power bar Icon, suddenly the laptop shut down and I can not turn it on anymore. (dell laptop ) what is the solution?

  15. muhammad sadiq says

    September 11, 2017 at 2:36 am

    @Andy Frey December 13, 2016 at 4:55 pm

    Thanks that worked for me..
    Instead of end task and new task…I just restarted windows explorer

  16. Don Gollahon says

    August 11, 2017 at 9:04 am

    You don’t have to reinstall the Microsoft ACPI-Compliant Control Method Battery device. Just disable it then enable it. Battery icon then reappears.

  17. TB says

    July 17, 2017 at 7:30 pm

    Recent builds of 10 (creators update?) have removed the “Power” entry from the “Which icons appear” settings list…. Although this may only effect non-battery systems. I’ve only gone looking for it on desktop machines – the laptops I use have the icon there, so I haven’t felt a need to check the settings.

  18. ifedi Ohiaeri says

    May 4, 2017 at 1:20 pm

    Solution 2 worked for me after I rebooted. Thanks so much!

  19. Jennifer says

    March 14, 2017 at 8:38 pm

    Dell Inspiron laptop with Windows 10. Solution 1 worked for me. Thank you!

  20. Frankie says

    February 23, 2017 at 1:47 am

    When you don’t want to reboot, the modified (as below) solution 2 is the way to go (Win 7 Home):

    KIst says

    February 13, 2017 at 3:33 pm

    Brian Fear you are my hero, Admins please change solution 2.

  21. KIst says

    February 13, 2017 at 3:33 pm

    Brian Fear you are my hero, Admins please change solution 2.

  22. ruth says

    February 8, 2017 at 9:36 pm

    this has not helped me at all. I am running windows 10 on my laptop and I cannot locate the battery status icon. it does not appear in the task bar options in settings, personalisation.

  23. Brian Fear says

    January 10, 2017 at 1:40 am

    In the second fix, you recommend reinstalling the Microsoft AC Adapter. While that didn’t work, I discovered a related fix: reinstall the Microsoft ACPI-Compliant Control Method Battery device instead. This is for the current version of Windows 10 at the time of this comment. Thanks for the fix!

  24. admin says

    December 23, 2016 at 11:48 am

    @ Henry, thanks for the heads up. I have updated the guide.

  25. Henry Cloads says

    December 22, 2016 at 3:33 pm

    Just a heads-up that ‘Solution 1’ for Windows 10 does not work as per the screen captures in the instructions. If I go to ‘Settings > System > Notifications and actions’ [either by clicking the ‘Settings’ icon in the Start menu or using Windows logo + I hotkey] I *do not* get the ‘Select which icons appear on the taskbar’ option, nor do I see a ‘Turn system icons on or off’ link as per the screen capture up top.

    But I do see 3 options when I follow the instructions:
    * ‘Quick actions’ [with an ‘Add or remove quick actions’ link at the bottom];
    * ‘Notifications’ [5 options with on/off toggle buttons]; and
    * ‘Get notifications from these senders’ [12 options with on/off toggle buttons].

    However…. if I right click the task bar and hit the ‘Options’ icon I *do* get the ‘Select which icons appear on the taskbar’ link.

    Like I said, just letting you know. Either my OS is slightly on the fritz [after all, the ‘Battery’ icon suddenly disappeared for no reason]…. or the instructions are wrong [probably because there have been numerous updates since this article was written, and Microsoft, in their wisdom, have changed things].

  26. Andy Frey says

    December 13, 2016 at 4:55 pm

    If none of these are working for you, you can also try restarting Windows Explorer!

    1. Open up Task Manager and find Windows Explorer.
    2. Right click and choose “End task.” Everything on your screen will disappear except for the Task Manager. Don’t worry! This is normal!
    3. In Task Manager go to File and choose “Run new task”
    4. Type “explorer.exe” in the box and press Okay.

    Your desktop will come back to life and should now have all the icons in it that it is supposed to! This solution usually works for me. Hopefully it will work for you too.

  27. Derville says

    October 9, 2016 at 10:34 pm

    HP 250 G4 Notebook PC
    Windows 10

    Go to Settings
    Notifications & actions
    Select which icons appear on taskbar
    Look for Power then toggle it off and on. Leave it on then turn on “Always show all icons in the notification area”
    Wait for all the icons to appear, battery icon may or may not be there
    Wait a few seconds and then turn off “Always show all icons in the notification area. ”
    Restart your laptop
    Log in to your user account
    Battery icon should be back

  28. Himanshu Punjabi says

    June 12, 2016 at 10:04 pm

    Solution 2 worked for me if i uninstalled Microsoft ACPI- Compliant Control Method Battery instead of the AC Adapter, as Bali said. However, it disappeared after a system restart.

    Thank you for the input.

  29. Ruth Calero says

    June 7, 2016 at 8:24 am

    Lost the icon after an abrupt shut down of my Asus T100 while was pluged, Win 8.1, Solution 1 didn’t work but solution 2 did! I haven’t restart it yet, hope it doesn’t dissapear again like happened to others, thank you!

  30. Brian says

    March 11, 2016 at 2:39 am

    Like Blitz – Solution 2 worked … but disappeared again on reboot ASUS / Window 10

  31. Brian Firth says

    March 11, 2016 at 2:37 am

    Windows 10 – Solution 2 works but goes again after reboot ? Any tips for permanence ?

  32. yogeswar says

    March 10, 2016 at 12:30 pm

    solution 2 worked for me thanks a lot mate…

  33. Kjetil Dybdahl says

    February 16, 2016 at 5:32 pm

    Searched for new hardware in device manager/batteries. Battery indicator showed up but was gone after reboot. My fix was to update my BIOS.

  34. BAli says

    February 4, 2016 at 8:14 pm

    Solution two worked for me if i uninstalled microsoft ACPI- Compliant Control Method Battery instead of the AC Adapter.

    uninstall it and then scan for any hardware changes
    and wala

    your battery icon is back :)

    hope the works for you

  35. Nils says

    February 1, 2016 at 11:08 pm

    It did not work as the power icon could not be turned on from off.
    However I took out the battery from my laptop HP Pavilion, then “shut down power” in the laptop, turned the power off in the mains.
    After a few minutes, put back the battery, turned on the power from the mains and then started the laptop.
    This worked and now I can see the battery icon in the tray bottom right near the notifications,.
    Hope this helps others
    Nils

  36. Melinda Kucsera says

    January 26, 2016 at 8:24 am

    solutions didn’t work, running windows 10. The battery icon is grayed out in the “turn on and off system notifications screen” wtf? It was there five minutes ago before photoshop crashed. Another solutions?

  37. sumit kumar says

    January 8, 2016 at 11:57 pm

    awesome man liked that scan for hardware changes

  38. Kevin says

    December 15, 2015 at 7:27 pm

    Solution 1 did NOT work.

    Solution 2 did NOT work.

    Solution 3 did NOT work.

    As I am running Windows 10, could NOT try Solution 4.

  39. Sam says

    December 5, 2015 at 8:04 am

    Since my battery icon randomly disappear in my computer

    Wow, for me solution 2 worked.

    Btw, mine is window 10

    Thank You !!

  40. m5racer says

    November 9, 2015 at 10:12 am

    HP Pavilion dv6 laptop, windows 7 pro…tried everything else…solution 3 did the trick…after rebooting the icon is back. into windows had the right fix.

  41. Blitz says

    August 21, 2015 at 11:22 am

    #2 works temporarily. After the computer is restarted, it disappears again. Is there a permanent fix?

  42. jimmie says

    August 10, 2015 at 3:23 am

    thnx method 2 worked had to do Microsoft ACPI-Compliant Control Method Battery though

  43. zak says

    August 8, 2015 at 12:31 pm

    solution 2 worked for windows 10!

  44. Vanessa says

    June 2, 2015 at 12:45 am

    After 2 days of trying every fix I could find online I fixed it with something so easy it’s stupid.
    Go to your device manager
    open batteries
    click Microsoft ACPI-Compliant Control Method Battery
    in the box it will say “this device is disabled, click enable to turn on”
    click “enable device”
    about 15 seconds later- it will show up….
    yeah….that’s it.. I know right…

  45. Dazbert says

    May 29, 2015 at 12:10 pm

    Solution 2, but I had to uninstall Microsoft ACPI-Compliant Control Method Battery.

    The AC Adaptor didn’t do it for me.

  46. Archit says

    February 14, 2015 at 10:55 am

    solution 2 worked perfectly for me.

  47. Aditya says

    January 10, 2015 at 7:12 pm

    Solution 2 did the job for me. Thank you!

  48. Paulo says

    December 22, 2014 at 3:15 am

    thanks a lot.

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