How to Add or Remove "Low battery level" from Power Options in Windows


The Battery group of settings in Power Options allows you to configure notification and action settings you want when the computer's battery reaches a set low and critical level.

The Low battery level setting in Power Options allows users to specify the percentage of battery power remaining when the Low battery notification is shown and Low battery action is taken.

This tutorial will show you how to add or remove the Low battery level setting under Battery in Power Options for all users in Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 10.

You must be signed in as an administrator to add or remove this setting in Power Options.



Contents

  • Option One: Add or Remove "Low battery level" in Power Options using Command Prompt
  • Option Two: Add or Remove "Low battery level" in Power Options using REG file



EXAMPLE: "Low battery level" in Power Options
Add or Remove Low battery level from Power Options in Windows-low_battery_level.png






OPTION ONE

Add or Remove "Low battery level" in Power Options using Command Prompt


1 Open an elevated command prompt.

2 Type the command below you want to use into the elevated command prompt, and press Enter.

(Add - default)
REG ADD HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Power\PowerSettings\e73a048d-bf27-4f12-9731-8b2076e8891f\8183ba9a-e910-48da-8769-14ae6dc1170a /v Attributes /t REG_DWORD /d 2 /f

OR

(Remove)
powercfg -attributes SUB_BATTERY 8183ba9a-e910-48da-8769-14ae6dc1170a +ATTRIB_HIDE

3 You can now close the elevated command prompt if you like.






OPTION TWO

Add or Remove "Low battery level" in Power Options using REG file


The downloaded .reg files below will modify the DWORD value in the registry key below.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Power\PowerSettings\e73a048d-bf27-4f12-9731-8b2076e8891f\8183ba9a-e910-48da-8769-14ae6dc1170a

Attributes DWORD

1 = Remove
2 = Add


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


2 To Add "Low battery level" to Power Options

This is the default setting.

A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.

Add_Low_battery_level_to_Power_Options.reg

Download


3 To Remove "Low battery level" from Power Options

A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.

Remove_Low_battery_level_from_Power_Options.reg

Download


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 can now delete the downloaded .reg file if you like.


That's it,
Shawn Brink


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