“Battery Limit” removed from UEFI, but now only charges up to 50%

Philippe 235 Reputation points
2025-08-09T05:16:07.6366667+00:00

“Battery Limit” mode has been removed from the UEFI on my Surface Pro (11th edition) and it still only charges up to 50 %. It seems last week there was an update (firmware update?) and the system still seems to be enforcing the 50 % limit automatically based on firmware behavior—even without a visible toggle.

I downloaded the firmeware, but this did not help: Download Surface Pro 11th Edition Drivers and Firmware from Official Microsoft Download Center

Can anyone help?

Philippe

Surface | Surface Pro | Power and battery

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  1. Anonymous
    2025-08-09T15:04:11.5666667+00:00

    Hi Philippe,

    Thanks for sharing your issue.

    What you can try:

    1. Shut down your Surface.

    Press and hold Volume Up, then press and release Power.

    When the Surface logo appears, release Volume Up.

    In the UEFI menu, double-check that Battery Limit is truly off.
    See this link : https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/surface/battery-limit

    1. Run Battery Report

    Open Command Prompt as Administrator.

    Type: powercfg /batteryreport

    This will generate a report in your user folder. It can help identify if the battery is misreporting its capacity.

    Helpful Links

    Microsoft’s official Battery Limit documentation

    This explains how Battery Limit works and what to do if it’s stuck:

    Battery Limit on Surface devices

    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/surface/battery-limit

     

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    Best,
    Carl

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  2. Barb Bowman 80,805 Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2025-08-09T22:00:16.0833333+00:00

    All of you experiencing this should use the Feedback Hub App to file a problem report. Please reply with a link to your reports so others can upvote them, etc.

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  3. Thibaut 35 Reputation points
    2025-08-10T17:20:53.76+00:00

    May be an idea to better understand the problem

    There is a software for for Surface for enterprise

    "Surface Enterprise Management Mode (SEMM)"

    Seems to be able to remove items from BIOS

    Of course, my/our Surface are standard customer Surface, not business/enterprise Surface, but it looks like an "admistrator" has has used that to forbiden/canceled battery limit option

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  4. Barb Bowman 80,805 Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2025-08-11T16:10:25.2966667+00:00

    Everyone, I pulled these from the Feedback Hub on this issue (there may be more)

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  5. Pascal a 15 Reputation points
    2025-08-11T20:28:43.08+00:00

    I’m experiencing the same problem and I’m waiting for a firmware update.

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