How To Adjust Brightness In Windows 10.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 screen.On supported PCs, Windows 10 automatically adjusts the screen brightness, but most users turn off automatic or adaptive screen brightness to manually adjust the brightness level.
Fortunately, Windows 10 offers a couple of easy ways to quickly adjust screen brightness, unlike previous versions of Windows.In Windows 10, in addition to the hotkeys, you can also use the Settings app and the Action Center to adjust the screen brightness.
Adjust screen brightness using hotkeys/How To Adjust Brightness In Windows 10
Almost all notebooks come with dedicated keys for quickly adjusting the screen brightness. For example, on my ThinkPad laptop, Fn + F5 / F6 can be used to adjust the screen brightness.
Take a look at your keyboard to see the glow symbol on the function keys.
And if the hotkeys don’t work, make sure the display and keyboard drivers are installed.
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Use Action Center to show brightness in Windows 10
Step 1: Click the Action Center icon on the taskbar to display the Action Center panel.
Step 2: Click on the brightness tile to increase / decrease the brightness of the screen. If you cannot see the glow tile, click the Expand button.
Clicking on the shine tile once will take the shine to the next level. For example, if you click on the tile when the brightness is at 25%, the brightness will increase to 50%. Once the brightness reaches 100%, click the tile again to start from 0%.
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Use settings to adjust screen brightness in Windows 10
This is the best way to set the correct screen brightness, as you can increase or decrease the brightness one percent at a time.
Step 1: Open Settings by clicking its icon on the left side of the Start menu.
Step 2: On the Settings home page, click System.
Step 3: You should now see the Adjust the brightness level with a slider option to adjust the screen brightness. If you cannot see the option, click Display (Settings> System> Display)
Note that the brightness level adjuster may not appear if you are trying to adjust the screen brightness of a monitor connected to your PC.
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Use Control Panel to adjust brightness in Windows 10
This is the classic way to manually adjust the screen brightness in Windows 10.
Step 1: Right-click the battery icon in the system tray of the taskbar, and then click the Adjust screen brightness option to open the Power Options window.
Step 2: At the bottom of the screen, you should see the Screen brightness option with a slider. Move the slider to the left of the screen to decrease the screen brightness and to the right to increase it.
Please let us know if there are additional ways to adjust screen brightness in Windows 10.
