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Laptop batteries: how to make them last longer

Heat, full charges and the 80 percent setting most people never turn on.

6 Oct 2026 · 4 min read

Laptop batteries wear out faster in heat and when kept at 100 percent all day.

If your laptop has a charge limit setting, turn it on at 80 percent when you work plugged in.

Keep the laptop on a hard surface, not a bed or pillow, so it can breathe.

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