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Quick Tip: Display Battery Percentage in Ubuntu 20.04 Top Panel

Last updated: July 30, 2020

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This quick tip shows how to display the battery percentage in the top panel system tray area in Ubuntu 20.04 with the default Gnome desktop.

Single command to show battery percentage:

For those familiar with Linux commands, this can be done via a single command.

Press Ctrl+Alt+T to open terminal, copy the command (Ctrl+C) and paste (Ctrl+Shift+V) into terminal and hit run:

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface show-battery-percentage true

Using graphical tool: Gnome Tweaks

Search for and install Gnome Tweaks from Ubuntu Software.

or install Gnome Tweaks by running command in terminal:

sudo apt install gnome-tweaks

Once installed, launch the tool and navigate to Top Bar in the left pane, and finally toggle on “Battery Percentage”.

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    5 responses to Quick Tip: Display Battery Percentage in Ubuntu 20.04 Top Panel

    1. Alvaro December 10, 2020 at 12:59 am

      Followed the instructions, but it doesn’t work with Surface Book 2

    2. Mark Meiring February 18, 2021 at 9:51 am

      Followed instructions did not work for Surface 4 pro

    3. Hammad Ali April 11, 2021 at 12:17 pm

      Thank you, its working on my Lenovo 520 Laptop

    4. Marcelo April 14, 2021 at 9:18 pm

      It worked on dell inspiron. Thanks a lot.

    5. pankaj May 21, 2021 at 9:51 am

      It worked but battery percentage doesnot change over time it is stuck at hundred percent and showing charging even when unplugged.