Back up and restore a tuned power plan — via Microsoft Learn

Commandlow riskNeeds adminWindows 11Windows 10

After tweaking a plan's advanced settings, export it to a .pow file. You can import it on another PC or after a reinstall instead of redoing every setting by hand.

Takes effect right away

Command

Run in an administrator Command Prompt / Terminal window.

powercfg /getactivescheme
powercfg /export "%USERPROFILE%\Documents\myplan.pow" <GUID-from-above>
rem Later / on another PC:
powercfg /import "%USERPROFILE%\Documents\myplan.pow"

Undo

rem Delete an imported plan (not the active one):
powercfg /delete <GUID-of-imported-plan>

/import prints the new plan's GUID; activate it with powercfg /setactive <GUID>. Use full paths for the .pow file.

Sources

Powercfg command-line options — /export, /import — by Microsoft Learn

Source reviewed: 2026-11-02
Link checked: 2026-11-02
Tested hands-on: Not by Oddbyte.Me

Oddbyte.Me hasn't tried this on every Windows build, so keep the undo handy.

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