System Create Custom Power Plan in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to create a new custom power plan that can be used by all users on the Windows 10 or Windows 11 PC.

A power plan is a collection of hardware and system settings that manages how your computer uses power. Power plans can help you save energy, maximize system performance, or achieve a balance between the two. A power plan is also known as a power scheme.

You can customize the default plans for your systems, or create new custom plans that are based on the existing plans.

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1 Open the Control Panel (icons view), and click/tap on the Power Options icon.

2 Click/tap on the Create a power plan link on the left side. (see screenshot below)


3 Perform the following actions: (see screenshot below)

1. Select (dot) an existing default plan (ex: "Balanced") to base the new custom plan on.
2. Type a Plan name (ex: "My Custom Plan 1") you want for the new custom plan.
3. Click/tap on Next.

4 Make any settings changes you want for the custom plan, and click/tap on Create. (see screenshot below)


5 The new custom power plan will now be your default active power scheme. You can now Change plan settings for this new custom power plan if wanted. (see screenshots below)


6 When finished, you can close the Control Panel if you like.





1 Open Windows Terminal, and select either Windows PowerShell or Command Prompt.

2 Copy and paste powercfg /L into Windows Terminal, and press Enter to see all existing power plans. (see screenshot below step 3)

3 Make note of the GUID (ex: "381b4222-f694-41f0-9685-ff5bb260df2e") of an existing power plan (ex: "Balanced") you want to base the new custom plan on. (see screenshot below)


4 Type the command below into Windows Terminal, and press Enter. (see screenshot below)

Substitute GUID in the command above with the actual GUID from step 3 above.

For example: powercfg -duplicatescheme 381b4222-f694-41f0-9685-ff5bb260df2e

This will duplicate the power plan from step 3, and give the duplicate plan a new GUID.

5 Make note of the Power Scheme GUID (ex: "ccdcc5e9-bafa-4389-bcdc-20c72b438e97") of the new duplicate plan. (see screenshot above)

6 Type the command below into Windows Terminal, and press Enter. (see screenshot below)

Substitute GUID in the command above with the actual GUID from step 5 above.

For example: powercfg -changename ccdcc5e9-bafa-4389-bcdc-20c72b438e97 "My Custom Plan 1"

This will change the name of the duplicate power plan from steps 4 and 5.

7 If you want to set this new custom power plan as your default active power scheme, then type the command below into Windows Terminal, and press Enter. (see screenshot below)

Substitute GUID in the command above with the actual GUID from step 5 above.

For example: powercfg -setactive ccdcc5e9-bafa-4389-bcdc-20c72b438e97

8 When finished, you can close Windows Terminal if you like.

9 You can now change the settings of the custom power plan to what you want.


That's it,
Shawn Brink