Windows 10: Bluetooth completely gone from PC

My Bluetooth is gone. No Bluetooth in Device Manager, no icon in taskbar, no on/off switch in the bluetooth setting, no bluetooth button in the notification center,...nothing. The only bluetooth related thing i have on my pc right now, is the Bluetooth Service in "Services.msc" but restarting, setting to automatic, restarting my PC, nothing has worked. i use a generic usb adapter that i plug in via USB and i can confirm it works, because it works on another pc, and in fact it has worked on my pc aswell a few days ago. now it just does not work. what can i do to fix this?


I read somewhere, that i should run the troubleshooter, by typing "Troubleshooting" in the search bar and then run the Troubleshooter under "Hardware & Devices" but that has not worked either, because i dont have a troubleshooter in my device setting or in my bluetooth setting. they only take me to web pages with helpful tips but that hasnt helped me either.


I use Windows 10 20H2 if that is important

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Windows Updated(16299.309).KB4088776 Restart is required to complete.

Hi dalchina. Good news, I followed your suggestion and reinstalled the update and now it appears as "installed correctly" *Biggrin Maybe it was not necessary to run the Windows Update Troubleshooter or maybe if necessary. But using it I do not think it could have worsened something. The installation was very fast, unlike the first time it showed step 1 and step 2 completed.

Thanks for the suggestions and for the time to respond Best regards.


And thanks for the tip of that program, I'll have it on my list.

 

iPhone to pc Bluetooth

Hi DianeFrigon,

Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums



You may want to answer these questions to get more clarity on this issue:

1. Are you getting any error message?
   
2. Have you made any changes to the computer prior to the issue?
   
3. Did you try paring Android mobile to PC?
   

I suggest you to follow the below steps and check if it helps.

Step 1:

Turn on Bluetooth on your iPhone which you link to pair on Windows PC.

Note: Turn on Bluetooth on iPhone, tap settings, tap Bluetooth, and then turn on Bluetooth.

1. Open settings on Windows 10 PC
   
2. Select Devices and select Bluetooth
   
3. Below Manage Bluetooth devices select, turn on the Bluetooth option.
   
   
4. Windows 10 will start searching for Bluetooth devices, in few seconds, your IPhone name will appear in manage Bluetooth devices sections.
   
5. Click on pair button
   
6. It will prompt for the passcode on Windows 10 PC
   
7. Check whether passcode is appearing on your IPhone
   
8. Click Yes button on your PC, and then tap pair option on your IPhone to pair with Windows 10 PC via Bluetooth.
   

Hope it helps

Let us know if you got the help you needed by clicking Yes Or No.



Mithin EJ

Microsoft Community- Moderator

 

Why did the startup window get cleared?

I didn't missed any step, the list was gone and gone , even after using lot of programs the programs were not listed in that list.