In order to turn off the backlight on your laptop keyboard, press the same corresponding keys that allowed you to turn them on. Once morning hits and the natural sunshine illuminates your keyboard, you may find you have no need for the keyboard light to be on. Practice the same simultaneous Fn + F11 operation to turn on a backlight keyboard light. It may be a simple on/off or, on some models, you can adjust the brightness of the backlighting.Īlso, depending on your computer model, your PC may be configured to control the backlit keyboard via the F9 or F11 button rather than the F5 button. Simply clicking this button while pressing the Fn button located at the bottom row of your keyboard will leave you with keyboard lighting operational magic. This button may even be labeled with a backlight icon.
If your HP notebook computer has a backlit keyboard, take a look at the top bar of your keyboard and locate the F5 button. Let’s break down how to make your PC work for you, delving into how to turn on your keyboard light, how to turn off your keyboard light, and the fixes to some troubleshooting errors you may run into with your HP laptop.