How to check if a PC is configured with backlight keyboard and how to turn it on or off

Steps and instructions to check if your PC is configured with backlight keyboard and how to turn it on or off

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Steps and instructions to check if your PC is configured with backlight keyboard and how to turn it on or off

Symptom

The keyboard light allows you to use the computer when the lighting condition is not ideal.

This document describes how to identify if the system is configured with a keyboard backlight and if so, how to turn the light on or off.

keyboard keyboard

Applicable Brands

  • ideapad
  • ThinkPad

System Is Configured With

Backlight keyboard

Solution

Watch our video: Turning On Keyboard Backlight on your Lenovo PC

Identify if the system has a backlight keyboard

To check if the system has a backlight keyboard, check the keyboard Space button or Esc button for a light icon similar to the following images. To see if a specific model has a backlight, search for backlight in the User Guide or Hardware Maintenance Manual (How to find and view manuals for Lenovo products - ThinkPad, ThinkCentre, ideapad, ideacentre).

  • If there is a light icon on the Space or Esc button as shown in the following figure, then the PC has this feature.
  • If no such icon exists, then the PC does not come with this feature. Check this document Cannot turn on backlight keyboard in Windows 10 to learn more.
    backlight keyboard Backlight Backlight

Turn the keyboard backlight on or off

Watch our video: Turning On Keyboard Backlight on your Lenovo PC

To turn on or off the backlight, press Fn + Spacebar or Esc on the keyboard to change the keyboard backlight mode. There are three modes: Off, Low (dim), and High (bright). Press the keys again to change the modes. Note: Some models only have two modes, for example, Ideapad Slim 3 15AMN8, Ideapad 3 15 IAU 7.
Backlight Backlight

The backlight keyboard feature is a physical switch and does not require driver support.

Select ThinkPad R, T, X, and Z-series systems have the ThinkLight as shown below.

Thinklight

To learn more, click: How to turn on/off the ThinkLight - ThinkPad

Solutions for my PC backlight won't turn on

Check this document Cannot turn on backlight keyboard in Windows 10 to learn more.


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