How to Display the Battery Percentage in Your Mac’s Menu Bar

Picture of the top right corner of a Mac computer screen with several icons in the menubar, including the battery indicator with a percentage.

By default, the battery icon in your Mac laptop’s menu bar shows how full your battery is. Clicking it reveals the exact percentage, but you can also set macOS to display the battery percentage next to the icon. The setting isn’t where you might expect in System Settings > Battery. Instead, you’ll find it in System Settings > Control Center, where you need to turn on both “Show in Menu Bar” and “Show Percentage.”

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