**<WRAP centeralign><fs 1.8em><color #0065cd> Change Power Plan in Windows 11 </color></fs></WRAP>**
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A power plan is a collection of hardware and system settings that manages how your computer uses power. Power plans can help you save energy, maximize system performance, or achieve a balance between the two.

Changes made to a power plan will affect all users that use the same power plan as their default active power scheme.

**<fs 1.2em>Windows 11 includes the following default power plans:</fs>** \\ 

  ***Balanced** = Offers full performance when you need it and saves power when you don’t. This is the best power plan for most people. Allows you to change your Power Mode. \\ 
  ***Power saver** = Saves power by reducing PC performance and screen brightness. If you’re using a laptop, this plan can help you get the most from a single battery charge. \\ 
  ***High performance** = Maximizes screen brightness and might increase PC performance. This plan uses a lot more energy, so your laptop battery won’t last as long between charges. \\ 
  ***Ultimate Performance** = Only available in the Windows 11 Pro for Workstations edition by default. Provides ultimate performance on higher end PCs. It builds on the current High-Performance policy, and goes a step further to eliminate micro-latencies associated with fine grained power management techniques. As the power scheme is geared towards reducing micro-latencies it may directly impact hardware; and consume more power than the default balanced plan. The Ultimate Performance power policy is currently not available on battery powered systems. \\ 
  ***Custom** = These are custom power plans created by a user on the PC and/or included by your PC manufacturer (OEM). \\ \\ 

This tutorial will show you how to choose a power plan to be the current active power scheme used by default for your account in Windows 11.

<note>
<color #7D6409>Some Windows 11 devices (ex: **Modern Standby**) may only have the **Balanced** power plan scheme available by default.</color>
</note>

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**<color #0065cd><fs 1.2em>OPTION ONE</fs></color>** \\ 

**<fs 1.5em>Change Power Plan in Control Panel</fs>** \\ \\ 
1. Open the **Control Panel** (icons view), and click/tap on the **Power Options** icon. \\ 
2. Select (dot) the power plan (ex: “Ultimate Performance”) you want to use by default for your account. (see screenshot below) \\ 
3. You can now close the Control Panel if you like.


{{ :home:knowledge_base:webstation:software:windows_11:power_options.jpg?direct&800 |Power Options}}

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**<color #0065cd><fs 1.2em>OPTION TWO</fs></color>** \\ 

**<fs 1.5em>Change Power Plan using Command</fs>** \\ \\ 
1. Open Windows Terminal (Admin), and select either Windows PowerShell or Command Prompt. \\ 
2. Copy and paste **<color #7D6409>powercfg /list</color>** into the terminal, and press Enter. This will give you a list of all available power plans on the PC along with their GUID. Make note of the GUID of the power plan you want to choose. (see screenshot below) \\ 


<note>
<color #7D6409>The power plan scheme that has an asterisk (*) to the right of it is your current active power plan scheme.</color>
</note>

{{ :home:knowledge_base:webstation:software:windows_11:windows_powershell.jpg?direct&800 |Windows PowerShell}}

3. Type or copy and paste the command below you want to use into the terminal, and press Enter. (see screenshot below) \\ 

(Good for custom power plan)​ \\ 
powercfg /setactive <color #FA0A00>GUID</color> \\ 

(Balanced)​ \\ 
powercfg /setactive 381b4222-f694-41f0-9685-ff5bb260df2e \\ \\ 
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(High performance)​ \\ 
powercfg /setactive 8c5e7fda-e8bf-4a96-9a85-a6e23a8c635c \\ \\ 
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(Power saver)​ \\ 
powercfg /setactive a1841308-3541-4fab-bc81-f71556f20b4a \\ \\ 
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(Ultimate Performance)​ \\ 
powercfg /setactive e9a42b02-d5df-448d-aa00-03f14749eb61 \\ \\ 


<note>
<color #7D6409>Substitute</color> **<color #FA0A00>GUID</color>** <color #7D6409>in the command above with the actual GUID from **step 2** above for the power plan you want to choose.</color>
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4. You can now close Windows Terminal if you like.


{{ :home:knowledge_base:webstation:software:windows_11:windows_powershell_2.jpg?direct&800 |Windows PowerShell 2}} \\ \\ 

Credits:[[https://www.elevenforum.com/t/change-power-plan-in-windows-11.1439/|ElevenForum]]