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How to Change the Brightness of Screen in Windows 11
Step 1: Open the Windows Settings app.
Step 2: When it opens, go to the sidebar and click "System," then "Display."
Step 3: Scroll down to the section titled "Brightness & Color."
Step 4: Use the slider under "Brightness" to adjust the brightness of your built-in display.
Step 5: Close the Settings app when you are done.
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- I have the very latest version of Windows 11 and THERE IS NO BRIGHTNESS CONTROL. I am guessing you are/were using a Beta that still had it.
ammarjavedOnly problem is, there IS no option under 'brightness and color'. The only option is for blue light filter [night light].
Mine does not have the brightness bar or the option to roll back the driver. I am up to date with windows updates. Windows 11 is just not what I had hoped it would be and this bright screen hurts my eyes and head. So is there a fix or work-around? Even the night mode is too bright.
I have the issue in adjusting screen brightness for windows 11. Screen brightness adjust toggle is unavailable. This happened after updates. Could you please help with this. ammarjaved;
ammarjaved . why not show brightness settingwhy this problem?
I am using windows 11 home edition, and I do not have the brightness slider bar under the Settings -> System -> Display menu. The brightness bar used to be there, disappeared a few days ago. Any ideas how this could happen?
I also do not have the brightness slider. I don't understand how this can be an unresolved issue for so long. Has anyone found a fix?
almamun Unfortunately, either Microsoft decided to omit the brightness adjustment (for no good reason) from the Display Settings or they forgot to include it. The only options for us users is to use the keyboard or monitor hardware keys, or the video card provided software to make the necessary adjustments.
Unfortunately my keyboard does not have those keys. How would I go about doing it through the monitor or video card? I've checked the software for monitor and it said I have the most current or does that have nothing to do with monitor hardware keys?
Peterchanammarjaved
I have updated to windows 11 but having problem to adjust the brightness of my laptop Lenevo ideapad 330s , because there is no brightness slider to be found in that setting. Please help quick, its hurting my eyes and i need to work on it everyday for hours.
Thank you in advance for your quick reply.
- same problem did you get a answer?
- Hi,
For the Ideapad, try holding down the Fn key on the bottom left of the keyboard, then press F11 to reduce brightness. Fn + F12 increases brightness. Hope this helps.PeterCHan12CAA
I have tried this :
For the Ideapad, try holding down the Fn key on the bottom left of the keyboard, then press F11 to reduce brightness. Fn + F12 increases brightness
but no response of lower brighter reaction, no sign of pop up slider also.
Please recheck.
- the brightness bar wont pop up… idk why they can’t just make it easier to change ur brightness..
ammarjaved I have the problem of having to go in frequently and change my setting back to what I originally set it to. This does not only happen upon startup, in can happen multiple times in a session. Very frustrating and annoying. As I have been typing this message, I answered the phone and when I returned to the screen it had automatically dimmed the brightness.
This is not the only bug I have encountered in the latest version of Win10 and now in Win11. All problems are around the graphics and screen. My machine is only 12 months old.
- Try to Update Windows
ammarjavedI have the latest version complete with updates of Windows 11. All drivers are up to dates.
Still happens.
Regards,
Alan
I don't have that setting on my pc. ammarjaved
It is just night light, color profile and HDR under the brightness and color menu.
- Update ur Windows
- I thougt the update yesterday fixed it, but I was wrong. Still have the horrible light screen and no way to adjust in settings. It hurts my eyes.
- I have an issue where it DOESN'T show the brightness bar, do you know how I could potentially fix this?
- The fact that Windows 11 Desktop doesn't allow adjusting the display brightness is the reason we all ended up in this dead-end thread. MS, for whatever reason they came up with, removed the slider from this version of Windows. Forcing us to use the monitor buttons doesn't improve the user experience; it does the opposite.
BroadKiwi Its graphics drivers' problem, I guess. Just reinstall it or disable and enable it again from the device manger
- i'm having same issue. I got my new pc yesterday. I definately DID see an option for brightness at 1st. However i followed CyperCPU Tech's youtube video on how to make windows 11 private.
since then i havent seen the menu to adjust brightness. So i may be wrong, but my current hypothesis, is there is a setting (or 2) to do with privacy that somehow, for some reason removes the option to adjust brightness. Thats the only thing that changed since i had the brightness options and when i didnt.
should be simple to test (undo what i did one setting at a time) but instead im just gonna have a seperate screen dimmer software. i always tend to have one of them anyway.
no idea if this is helpful to anyone, but hopefully.
