You may want to look into https://github.com/linrunner/TLP, which may be used to configure charge thresholds (among other things).
However, few laptops support this through software. You may have more luck searching for a setting in the BIOS. Kind regards, Rein On 1/9/26 18:19, Ranjan Maitra via users wrote: > On Fri Jan09'26 10:17:26AM, George N. White III wrote: >> From: "George N. White III" <[email protected]> >> Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2026 10:17:26 -0400 >> To: Community support for Fedora users <[email protected]> >> Reply-To: Community support for Fedora users <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: Is there a way to limit charging to 80-90% in Fedora? >> >> On Fri, Jan 9, 2026 at 2:31 AM Ranjan Maitra via users < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >> > HI, >> > >> > I guess the Subject line states the question, but I have a bunch of Dell >> > laptops and was wondering if it is possible to set the battery to charge up >> > to 80 or 90%? I am on Fedora 42 but will graduate to Fedora 43 at the end >> > of this month (have been traveling and I want to be home to try an >> > upgrade). >> > >> >> I have a Dell Latitude. In Gnome Settings/Power the top line is "Battery >> Level", and just below that is "Battery Charging". I have been setting >> "Battery Charging" to "Preserve Battery Health", but until recently on F42 >> and early F43 "Battery Level" kept going to 100%, now, F43 with 6.18.3, >> Level sits in high 70's when plugged in (currently 76% and "not charging". >> >> -- >> George N. White III > > Thanks very much! Is there a way to do this using the command line, or some > other way? I use the openbox window manager. > > Best wishes, > Ranjan > >> -- >> _______________________________________________ >> users mailing list -- [email protected] >> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >> Fedora Code of Conduct: >> https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ >> List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines >> List Archives: >> https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected] >> Do not reply to spam, report it: >> https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue >
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