{"id":75915,"date":"2024-01-27T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-27T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/helpdeskgeek.com\/?p=75915"},"modified":"2025-02-01T00:41:03","modified_gmt":"2025-02-01T05:41:03","slug":"how-to-adjust-the-keyboard-backlight-on-surface-laptops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/helpdeskgeek.com\/how-to-adjust-the-keyboard-backlight-on-surface-laptops\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Adjust the Keyboard Backlight on Surface Laptops"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Cranking up your Surface keyboard backlight at night or in dark rooms enhances key visibility when typing. Conversely, decreasing or turning off your keyboard backlight (in a lit room or outdoors) can reduce battery drainage<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adjusting keyboard brightness on Surface devices is straightforward, but the steps vary depending on your Surface model or keyboard configuration. The instructions in the next section will guide you on adjusting the keyboard backlight on any Surface laptop.\n<\/p>\n\n\n

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Does Your Surface Laptop Have a Backlit Keyboard?\n<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A backlit keyboard is nice, but you won\u2019t find one on all Surface devices. Surface laptops (or detachable keyboards) missing the backlight control icon don\u2019t have backlit keys.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Listed below are Microsoft Surface laptop models with keyboard backlight.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n