Windows 10: The battery level icon on the Task Bar disappears from time to time. I can get it back but...

It's a laptop running W 10.0.19044. A lot more stuff on 'System Summary' which I don't understand and if more info is needed for my difficulty to be sorted then please ask.The battery level icon on the task bar is very useful, but disappears from time to time. When this happened the first time, I went to Settings, Personalisation, Task Bar, scrolled down to Notification area, clicked on "Turn system icons on/off" but found that the power icon and its on-off switch were greyed out.So I came out of all that and went to Control Panel, Device Manager, clicked on Batteries. This expanded to two ite

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Missing Date and Time, volume and Battery Icons

Hi,

Thank you for posting your query on Microsoft Community.

I suggest you to follow the steps below and check if this helps:

• Right click on the task bar and you will get a popup menu.
• Click on properties.
• Under behavior of system icons select ON for volume icon, Date and Time icon and Battery icon to always show.
• Click OK.

Hope this information was helpful and do let us know if you need further assistance. We will be glad to assist.

 

battery icon on task bar

Hi Pete,

Windows 10 has a feature to personalize your task bar icons. To retrieve the missing battery icon on your taskbar, kindly follow the steps below:

• Right click on the taskbar and select Settings.
• Under Notification Area, click Turn system icons on or off.
• Look for Power and toggle Power to On. Your battery icon should appear in the system tray again.

Let us know if this worked.

 

battery icon on task bar

Somehow my battery icon disappeared from the taskbar. How do I get the battery icon back on the task bar?