Have you ever felt that your Windows PC is running slower than before or your laptop’s battery is draining fast? Yes, there is good news. You can eliminate all such problems by enabling Efficiency Mode.
But what is Efficiency Mode in Windows 11 and how to activate it? Let’s find out in this article.
What is Efficiency Mode in Windows 11?
Efficiency mode is an amazing feature of Windows, part of Microsoft’s Sustainable Software initiative. It was introduced in the Windows 11 22H2 update. When enabled, it can reduce the CPU load of applications in use. Less load on the CPU reduces your laptop’s fan noise, enhances thermal performance, and prevents faster battery drain.
Enabling Efficient Mode for an application lowers that application’s priority in Windows, freeing up CPU resources that can be allocated to other important applications. This allocation helps to ensure that resources are properly allocated to save battery.
Prerequisites to enable Efficiency Mode in Windows 11
Enabling efficiency mode in Windows 11 is an easy walk. You just need to make sure your computer is running Windows 11 22H2 or later. To check that, follow these steps:
Step 1: Press the Windows + I key combination to open the Settings application.
Step 2: Select System from the left sidebar and About option from the right pane.
You can check the installed Windows version in the Windows specifications section. If the message is 22H2, then you are ready to use Efficiency Mode.
However, if you see an older version of Windows like 21H2, you will have to update Windows. To update Windows, launch the Settings app, select Windows Update from the left sidebar, then click the Check for Updates button in the right pane.
Windows will now search for and download any available updates. After downloading, you may have to restart your computer to complete the update installation.
How to Enable Efficiency Mode in Windows 11
Now that you have installed the Windows 11 22H2 update, you are ready to use Efficiency Mode on your computer. Here’s how to enable it:
Step 1: Press the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + Shift + Esc to open the Task Manager.
Note: You can also try other ways to launch Task Manager.
Step 2: On the Processes tab, find the app for which you want to enable Efficiency Mode. We recommend enabling this feature for CPU-intensive applications.
Step 3: Select that app and click on the Efficiency Mode option in the top right corner.
Step 4: Click OK on the prompt that appears.
You’ll see a green leaf next to the app name that says Efficiency Mode. However, if the app starts misbehaving after enabling Efficiency Mode, consider disabling it.
To disable Efficiency Mode in Windows 11, launch Task Manager, select the application and click on the Efficiency Mode option in the top right corner.
How to Enable Efficiency Mode in Microsoft Edge
Microsoft Edge is notorious for consuming CPU and battery quickly. To get around this, Edge introduced the Efficiency Mode feature, which automatically puts background tabs to sleep after 5 minutes of inactivity.
You can enable Efficiency Mode in Microsoft Edge by following these steps:
Step 1: Launch Microsoft Edge browser, click on the three horizontal dots in the top right corner, hover the cursor to More Tools and select Performance.
Step 2: Enable the toggle next to Efficiency Mode.
How to fix Blurred Efficiency Mode in Windows 11
Is the Efficiency Mode option greyed out on your computer? It’s a very common situation that often occurs with certain types of applications.
Efficiency mode doesn’t work for process pools, UWP apps, and Windows services. Options will be grayed out for these apps and services.
For instance, if you selected the Settings app (UWP app) in Task Manager, you’ll see Efficiency Mode grayed out. Similarly, the option will be grayed out for process groups like Terminal.
However, you can still run groups of processes in Efficient Mode. To do that, click the drop-down icon next to the process group and enable Efficiency Mode for each individual process.
Save CPU resources
It is common for applications to consume a lot of CPU resources and quickly run out of battery. But now you can prevent that by activating Efficiency Mode on your computer. Go through the guide above to learn more about that.
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