Use Battery saver
You can set your phone to automatically save power
when the battery charge level is low. To check the
battery status, and to turn Battery saver on, swipe
down from the top of the screen, and tap All
settings > System > Battery saver.
When your phone goes into battery saver mode, you
may not be able to change the settings of all apps.
Change the phone screen settings
• Set the phone screen to turn off after a short
time. Swipe down from the top of the screen, and
tap All settings > Personalization > Lock
screen, and under Screen times out after, select
the time.
• Change the glance screen settings. To briefly see
the time and your notifications, swipe down from
the top of the screen, tap All settings >
Extras > Glance screen, and switch Mode to 30
seconds. To turn the glance screen off, switch
Mode to Off.
Lower the screen brightness
• Swipe down from the top of the screen, and tap
All settings > System > Display. Make sure
that Automatically adjust display brightness is
switched to Off . To adjust the brightness, drag
the Brightness level slider.
Stop apps from running in the background
• Close the apps you are not using. To close most
of the apps, tap and hold the back key , and tap
at the top right corner of the apps you want to
close.
• Some apps may run in the background
unnecessarily. Swipe down from the top of the
screen, tap All settings > System > Battery
saver > Battery use > Change background app
settings, and turn the app you want to stop from
running in the background off .
Use location services selectively
Turn location services off when you don’t need
them. Swipe down from the top of the screen, and
tap All settings > Privacy > Location, and turn
Location off .
Use network connections selectively
• Set your phone to check for new email less
frequently, or even by request only. Tap
Outlook Mail > > Accounts. Select an
account, tap Change mailbox sync settings, and
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