How to change Surface Go Screen Brightness

Microsoft Surface Go is the smallest Surface 2-in-1 device that lets you switch between tablet and laptop by attaching a supported Surface Go Type Cover. It has the power of a laptop and the portability of a tablet with touch and ink support.

If you are new to the Microsoft Surface devices or Windows ecosystem, you probably can’t figure out how to control the device’s behavior including the adjusting screen brightness that implemented differently from manufacturers. In this tutorial, we will show you 3 easy ways to change screen brightness on Surface Go with or without a keyboard attached.

Note The following methods will apply to Surface Go lineup including Surface Go (1st Gen) and Surface Go 2.

Table of contents

  1. Adjusting Surface Go brightness: with Surface Go Type Cover
  2. Adjusting Surface Go brightness: with Windows 10 Quick Actions
  3. Adjusting Surface Go brightness: with Windows 10 Settings app

1 Adjusting Surface Go brightness: with Surface Go Type Cover

First, the fastest and easiest way to control screen brightness on Microsoft Surface Go devices is by using the Surface Go Type Cover. It allows you to step up or step down the screen brightness by 10 from a single activation. To increase or decrease screen brightness on Surface Go with Surface Go Type Cover:

  • Increase Screen Brightness Shortcut Key
    F2
  • Lower Screen Brightness Shortcut Key
    F1

Surface Go Type Cover Brightness Control Keys

2 Adjusting Surface Go brightness: with Windows 10 Quick Actions

The next easy way especially when you have no Surface Go Type Cover attached to the device is by using Windows 10 quick actions. To do so:

  1. Open Action Center
    By using your finger to swipe from the right of the screen or pressing the “Quick Center icon” located on the right edge of the taskbar.
  2. Adjusting the brightness slider 
    Use your finger or mouse pointer to move the slider’s pointer to the left or right to precisely specifying the brightness level range from 0 to 100.
Note If you can’t find the brightness slider under the quick actions, make you fully expand quick actions without collapsing it. You can notice the word “Collapse” and “Expand” on the top of the “Quick actions” area.

How to change Surface Go Screen Brightness

3 Adjusting Surface Go brightness: with Windows 10 Settings app

Last but not least, you can also use the Windows 10’s Settings app to change your Surface Go’s screen brightness. To do so:

  1. Open the Setting app
    Go to Start Menu and select Settings from the left edge of the start menu.
    Windows 10 - Open Settings App
  2. Select the “System” section
    Settings App - Open System Page
  3. Select the “Display” section
  4. Adjusting the brightness slider 
    Use your finger or mouse pointer to move the slider’s pointer to the left or right to precisely specifying the brightness level range from 0 to 100.
    Settings App - Display Section

Conclusion

Those are the top 3 easy and quick ways to adjust or change screen brightness on Microsoft Surface Go lineup. However, Surface and Windows 10 has many more advanced methods to control screen brightness, color, and behavior for Surface Go. Hope we can cover those topics in our future posts.