Learn how to request the battery report in Windows 11 to monitor your laptop’s battery health and performance. Follow simple steps to optimize your battery life today!
In this guide I want to tell you what the Battery Report is in Windows 11, what it is used for and how you can get it to know the health status of your laptop’s battery. Unlike other operating systems, such as iOS or Android, Windows does not have a section in the settings from which you can find out the status of this component. Therefore, here I explain in a very simple way the steps you must follow and what the information you obtain means.
What is Battery Report and what is it for?
In a nutshell, the Battery Report is a report that Windows 11 prepares where all the data related to the battery appears . Although later I will talk about the information that the system provides with this report, I can already tell you that it helps you know things like the health of the component, the maximum size and the charge cycles.
If you are an iOS user , you surely know that in the Battery section , in the device settings, it is easy to check the health status of the component, as well as its maximum charge. Well, if you go to Windows 11 Settings, this information does not appear anywhere. As can be seen in the following image, the Power and battery section shows some graphs and allows you to easily adjust the performance mode of the device. However, the data shown is very limited.
The Battery Report is created expressly, at the user’s request, in a rather curious format: what you are going to get is an HTML file . And how can you get it? Let’s see.
How to request the Battery Report in Windows 11
To get this complete battery report, popularly known as Battery Report, you need to run a command in CMD . It is the following:
- powercfg /batteryreport /output C:\battery-report.html
Copy it to the clipboard and follow these steps:
- Press the keyboard shortcut Windows + S to open Windows Search.
- Type cmd . Then click Run as administrator to open Command Prompt .
- When the command prompt window appears, paste the command I left above.
- Press enter to run it
You have already seen that at the end of the command the path where the Battery Report should be saved is specified. We have asked it to be in C:\ because it is the most common path on a PC. However, you can change that value to whatever you want . Another option is to move the HTML report to the desired folder, after it has been generated.
If you go to the path specified in the command to save the HTML file, in this case the C: drive , you will see that the battery report is there. Double-click on it to open it. Since it is a web file, the browser will be responsible for displaying it.
In the image above you can see what this report looks like. But what data does it provide in each section?
How to interpret a battery report in Windows 11?
The Battery Report includes a lot of data about your computer and the state of the battery, as well as the charge cycles and the autonomy of the equipment. In the first section you will be able to consult basic information about your computer , such as the name, the manufacturer and some data about the BIOS. So far, nothing to do with the battery itself.
Once the introductions are done, Windows includes some general information about the battery’s health. You’ll find this in the Installed batteries section . Here you’ll see things like the type of battery installed, the manufacturer, the technology it uses, and the identification code. This is interesting to have, especially if you’re looking for a replacement for this component.
You are also informed about the battery’s design capacity and total capacity. With this information you can know its current health, something that is also supported by the charging cycles. On the other hand, Recent usage shows different times when your computer has been in different states such as sleep or active.
If you continue scrolling down, you will come across the Battery Usage section . This shows how much power the battery has used during certain periods.
Next, you’ll see the Usage History section . This section shows how long you’ve used your computer on battery power (not plugged in) and how long it’s been plugged in.
Finally, there are Battery capacity history sections , which shows how the battery’s full charge capacity has changed over time, and Battery life estimates , which, based on usage, provides an estimate of the device’s battery life.This is certainly a very complete report that helps you better understand the technical characteristics of your laptop battery and its current status.