How to check your laptop battery health

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You can generate a Windows battery report to see how healthy your laptop battery is.

The more you use your favorite laptop for gaming or everyday productivity, the more you might be wondering about battery life. That's because batteries don't always hold their full capacity and might degrade overtime, So, how do you get a read out of battery health to know if your laptop's battery is due for replacement or is defective?

Step 4: Once you double-click to launch the file, you'll see a few things. The top of the report shows information about your PC. The Installed Batteries section will show you information about the battery and how many times it's been charged. Note down the Cycle Count, which is how many times the battery has gone from 100%-0% and charged fully again. Too many cycles indicates a unhealthy battery.

Step 6: There's also the battery capacity history, which shows how the capacity itself has changed. This could point to moments where something you did on your laptop affected its battery health.

 

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