▷ How to activate battery icon windows 10 if we have lost it

In this article we will focus on the methods by which to activate Windows 10 battery icon in case you have accidentally lost it. If we have a laptop, we will consider it essential to have the battery icon active in our taskbar. And is that in this way we can be constantly informed of the level of it and the approximate time we have until it is exhausted.

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Portable devices are in fashion, and one of our main concerns is undoubtedly having to be aware of the remaining battery at all times and what we can do until it runs out. Losing this essential icon in Windows 10 is a major problem because we might be surprised if our computer suddenly turns off without warning.

This error of the loss of this icon can be due to Windows updates that have gone wrong or configuration bugs that cause the loss of the icon. But calm, because everything has a solution.

Activate Windows 10 battery icon with device manager

The first method that we will see to always be the most effective is to access the device manager to reinstall our battery in the list of hardware devices on our computer. To do this we will follow the following steps:

• The first thing we must do is go to the start icon and right click on it. A gray menu will appear. We must choose the option " Device Manager "

Now the tool will appear showing a list of devices among which is the " Batteries " icon. We must click on it to display its dependencies.

• Once inside, right click on " Microsoft AC Adapter " In the menu that has been displayed click on " Uninstall the device " Click on accept in the warning window to proceed with the uninstallation

We should not worry that the battery device has disappeared from our system, as we will soon recover it.

• Now what we must do is click on " Action " In the menu that appears we will click on " Search for hardware changes "

After a few seconds of checking, the line corresponding to the battery will appear again, which will also show us a few more options.

In this way we will very possibly have obtained the battery icon again in our taskbar on the desktop.

Activate Windows 10 battery icon using settings panel

Another way we have to try to recover the battery icon is through the configuration panel. We must use this method to make sure that the configuration option is correctly activated. Well, to do this we will follow these steps:

• We are going to go to the start menu and we are going to click on the cogwheel to access the configuration. Now inside the panel we click on the " Personalization " option. In turn we go to the " Taskbar " section on the left side. On the right side we must locate the option of " Activate or deactivate system icons "

Within this new window we must make sure that the " Energy " option is activated

• Now we click on the back button located in the upper left corner. Again in the main window we now click on the option just above the previous one " select the icons that will appear in the taskbar " In this list we will also make sure that the option " Power is on "

Conflicting update

It can also be the case that we have lost the icon after our equipment was updated. This is why what we will have to do is try to uninstall this latest update from our computer and check that the error has been solved.

To learn how to uninstall a Windows 10 update visit this tutorial:

If after performing this procedure the icon is still not displayed, repeat the steps in the first section for greater security.

Using these methods we will very possibly solve this error in our system and we will have the Windows 10 battery icon active again.

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Have you been able to solve your error? If not, please let us know in the comments.