Dell Command Power Manager is a worthwhile program that gives you some options for customizing battery usage to suit your work style.

I would only keep Dell Power Manager; uninstall all other Dell software. Sometimes on some laptop models the battery will work better with Dell Power Manager installed.

The most pertinent of these is the Dell Command Power Manager. We cover it more in depth as part of our latest XPS 13 review, but the Thermal Management section is well worth checking out, if ...