How to Enable or Disable Adaptive Effulgence in Windows 10

Displays (particularly on laptops and tablets) may utilise ambient light sensors to discover surrounding levels of light.

The adaptive brightness feature in Windows monitors ambient calorie-free sensors to notice changes in ambience lite and automatically accommodate the display effulgence every bit needed to match surrounding lighting atmospheric condition.

While adaptive brightness is useful to assistance save bombardment life, information technology may at times cause your display brightness level to be too night.

This tutorial will show you different ways on how to enable or disable adaptive brightness in Windows 10.

Contents


  • Option Ane: To Enable or Disable Adaptive Brightness in Settings
  • Selection Two: To Enable or Disable Adaptive Brightness in Ability Options
  • Option Three: To Enable or Disable Adaptive Brightness for Current Power Programme in Control Prompt
  • Option 4: To Enable or Disable Adaptive Brightness for Specific Power Plan in Command Prompt
  • Option Five: To Enable or Disable Adaptive Brightness in Intel Graphics Control Panel

Choice 1

To Enable or Disable Adaptive Effulgence in Settings

i Open Settings, and click/tap on the System icon.

2 Click/tap on Brandish on the left side, and check (on) or uncheck (off) Change brightness automatically when lighting changes for what yous want on the correct side under Effulgence and colour. (encounter screenshots below)

Starting with Windows 10 build 21354, depending on your device, you may meet just ane (or both) of the Change brightness automatically when lighting changes and/or Automatically arrange dissimilarity based on the displayed content to help meliorate bombardment checkboxes seen nether the brightness slider beneath. To find out if your device has CABC support, you can look at your GPU control panel.

3 Y'all tin can at present close Settings if you similar.

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OPTION Ii

To Enable or Disable Adaptive Brightness in Power Options

This selection will bear on all users that apply the same power plan you set this for.

1 Open up the advanced Power Options for your power plan.

two In your current agile ability plan's (ex: High Performance) advanced settings, aggrandize open Brandish and Enable adaptive brightness. (see screenshot below step 3)

three Turn on or off Enable adaptive brightness for what you want, and click/tap on OK. (see screenshot beneath)

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Pick Iii

To Enable or Disable Adaptive Effulgence for Current Power Plan in Command Prompt

one Open a command prompt.

two Type the command below you want to utilise into the control prompt, and printing Enter. (run into screenshot beneath)

(Enable - On bombardment)
powercfg -setdcvalueindex SCHEME_CURRENT 7516b95f-f776-4464-8c53-06167f40cc99 FBD9AA66-9553-4097-BA44-ED6E9D65EAB8 1

OR

(Enable - Plugged in)
powercfg -setacvalueindex SCHEME_CURRENT 7516b95f-f776-4464-8c53-06167f40cc99 FBD9AA66-9553-4097-BA44-ED6E9D65EAB8 i

OR

(Disable - On bombardment)
powercfg -setdcvalueindex SCHEME_CURRENT 7516b95f-f776-4464-8c53-06167f40cc99 FBD9AA66-9553-4097-BA44-ED6E9D65EAB8 0

OR

(Disable - Plugged in)
powercfg -setacvalueindex SCHEME_CURRENT 7516b95f-f776-4464-8c53-06167f40cc99 FBD9AA66-9553-4097-BA44-ED6E9D65EAB8 0

3 Copy and paste the command below into the control prompt, and printing Enter to apply the change. You can at present shut the control prompt if you like.

powercfg -SetActive SCHEME_CURRENT

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OPTION Iv

To Enable or Disable Adaptive Brightness for Specific Power Plan in Command Prompt

i Open up a command prompt.

2 Copy and paste the powercfg /L command into the command prompt, and press Enter. Make notation of the GUID number (ex: 8c5e7fda-e8bf-4a96-9a85-a6e23a8c635c) of the power plan you want to employ this to. (see screenshot beneath)

The ability program (ex: Loftier functioning) with a * to the correct of information technology is your electric current active power plan scheme.

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3 Blazon the command beneath you lot want to use into the command prompt, and press Enter. (come across screenshot below)

(On battery)
powercfg -setdcvalueindex GUID 7516b95f-f776-4464-8c53-06167f40cc99 FBD9AA66-9553-4097-BA44-ED6E9D65EAB8 Index

OR

(Plugged in)
powercfg -setacvalueindex GUID 7516b95f-f776-4464-8c53-06167f40cc99 FBD9AA66-9553-4097-BA44-ED6E9D65EAB8 Index

Substitute GUID in the command above with the actual GUID from step ii above for the power plan you want to apply this to.

Substitute Index in the command above with the number beneath for the default action you want set for adaptive brightness.

For instance: Prepare to "Enable" for the High functioning ability plan GUID (8c5e7fda-e8bf-4a96-9a85-a6e23a8c635c)

powercfg -setacvalueindex 8c5e7fda-e8bf-4a96-9a85-a6e23a8c635c 7516b95f-f776-4464-8c53-06167f40cc99 FBD9AA66-9553-4097-BA44-ED6E9D65EAB8 1


Index Number Action
0 Disable
1 Enable

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4 Type the control below into the control prompt, and printing Enter to apply the change. You tin now close the command prompt if you similar. (run across screenshot below)

This command volition prepare the ability programme for the GUID as your active scheme. If you exercise not want this ability plan to be set as your active scheme, so y'all can restart the computer to apply the changes instead of doing this step.

powercfg -SetActive GUID

Substitute GUID in the command above with the same GUID from stride 2 above for the ability plan you desire to apply this to.

For example: powercfg -SetActive 8c5e7fda-e8bf-4a96-9a85-a6e23a8c635c

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OPTION FIVE

To Enable or Disable Adaptive Brightness in Intel Graphics Command Panel


If you have Intel graphics, then what you have prepare in the Intel Graphics Control Panel may override what you lot have prepare in Windows Power Options.

If you do not take Intel graphics, and so this option does not utilize to you.

ane Correct click or press and agree on your desktop, and click/tap on Intel Graphics Settings to open the Intel Graphics Control Panel.

ii Click/tap on the Power icon. (encounter screenshot below)

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three Do step iv (enable) or pace five (disable) beneath for what you lot want.

iv To Enable Adaptive Effulgence in Intel HD Graphics Control Panel

A) Select On Battery or Plugged in, and select the plan (ex: "Balanced Mode") for what you desire to apply this to. (see screenshot beneath)

B) Select (cheque) Enable nether Brandish Power Saving Technology, and accommodate the slider to the level y'all want.

C) Click/tap on Apply, and go to step vi below.

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5 To Disable Adaptive Brightness in Intel Hard disk drive Graphics Control Panel

A) Select On Battery or Plugged in, and select the program (ex: "Balanced Fashion") for what you want to apply this to. (run into screenshot below)

B) Select (bank check) Disable nether Display Ability Saving Technology, and click/tap on Apply, and go to footstep half-dozen beneath.

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6 Click/tap on Yes to confirm. (see screenshot beneath)

Your changes will automatically be reverted in fifteen seconds if you exercise non click/tap on Yes to ostend.

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That'south it,
Shawn Brink

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