Customizing the Power Plan on a Windows computer lets you control your PC's power and performance settings. Over time, you may build up custom power plans to meet specific needs, but what if you want to reset them?
Whether you want to fix a power-related problem or simply start over from scratch, resetting power plans on a PC running Windows 10 or 11 is fairly simple. There are a few ways to do it. Let's walk through the details below!
Reset a Power Plan to default with Control Panel
The Power Options applet in Control Panel makes it easy to adjust the various power management settings on your Windows computer. You have probably used it to create and modify power plans on your PC. It also gives you the option to restore those plans to their default settings.
To reset a power plan to its default settings using Control Panel, follow these steps:
- Click the magnifying glass icon on the taskbar or use the Win + S shortcut to open the search menu.
- Type control panel into the text box and press Enter.
- Click the drop-down menu in the top right corner to change the view type to Large icons or Small icons.
- Select the Power Options applet.
- Go to the Change plan settings link next to the plan you want to reset.
- Select the Change advanced power settings option.
- Click the Restore plan defaults button.
- Choose Yes when the confirmation prompt appears.
- Click OK to close the Power Options dialog box.
You can repeat the steps above to reset other Power Plans as well. Before you do, it's a good idea to write down any changes you want to reapply after the reset.
Reset a power plan to default with Command Prompt or Windows PowerShell
Although Control Panel makes it simple to reset a power plan to its default settings, doing so for each plan individually can take a while. So what if you want to reset all your power plans to their defaults at once?
For that, you can use a command-line tool such as Command Prompt or PowerShell on your computer. Don't worry; the process is not as hard as it looks and only requires you to run a single command.
To reset all Power Plans to default with Command Prompt or PowerShell, follow these steps:
- Press Win + S to open the search menu.
- Type Command Prompt or PowerShell into the search box and select Run as administrator on the right.
- Choose Yes when the User Account Control (UAC) prompt appears.
- Enter the following command in the console and press Enter.
powercfg -restoredefaultschemes
That's it! When you run the command above, Windows will reset all of your Power Plans to their default settings.
Source: Quản trị mạng
