Knowing how to change screen brightness on Windows 11 is essential for optimizing your display settings. Whether you want to increase brightness for better visibility or decrease brightness to reduce eye strain, Windows 11 brightness control offers various methods to adjust the display. Learn how to change, dim, increase, decrease, adjust screen brightness of Windows 11/10 laptop via Settings, Control Panel, Keyboard Keys or freeware. To change the brightness on an external monitor, use the buttons on it. Some PCs can let Windows automatically adjust screen brightness based on the current lighting conditions. To find out if your PC supports this, select Settings > System > Display. Turning on or off Adaptive Brightness is only applied to the current power plan scheme. Display brightness is automatically reduced by 30% by default when using battery saver.

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