Windows 10: Turn On or Off Bluetooth in Windows 10

Yep, this would be the Bluetooth action button in the Action Center, and not the Bluetooth notification area icon.

Usually if you have Bluetooth in the Action Center, your PC has Bluetooth. Turning off Bluetooth using the tutorial on the first page here will not remove this button though. It's only to toggle Bluetooth communications on/off the same as the button in the Action Center.

 

Correct Shawn , thats why I had to disable it in my Device Manager. Then it will not show up in the Action Center or anywhere else, on a computer that does have Bluetooth installed. As I don't use Bluetooth. *Smile

 

I tried googling for solutions but none helps.
This bug has been around and MS has not provide the fix yet?? *Sad

 

Tried that, doesn't work for me too.

 

Same here *Smile

 

I see a picture here - see post # 58..
If you look hard you can see there is a very light difference with both location and Bluetooth whereas the others are a bit darker ; also, this a.m., miraculously, my BT icon is gone. I think something Brink told me to do did the trick but I had not rebooted so when I booted up it removed it.

 

Yes I did see your pic, I think Shawn fixed your image that you uploaded. Thats how sometimes I have to remove the BT icon, just a simple reboot and it disappears. *Smile

 

I wonder what was wrong with the attachment?
I tried the snipping tool which usually works but when the BT is showing it disappears the moment you click on the snipping tool. The reverse is also true.
Did you also have this trouble with BT? A better question is do you have BT. I think you said you once did and had trouble with it always wanting to turn on etc. I also had a tough time when I had it with Win 7.
If so how did you resolve it?

 

No I've never had any problems with the snipping tool. With or without Bluetooth showing. I would not think Bluetooth would have any affect on the snipping tool. Maybe Shawn would know. ?

 

I have an external bluetooth dongle:

Trust.com - Bluetooth 4.0 Adapter

Before to read this tutorial it was locked on both action center and settings, so i disabled the main one bluetooth device in device manager and the other complementary two disappeared. But still activated in action center, in settings there isn't.

On my Laptop (bluetooth native) just do on/off in action center/settings. On my Desktop on/off there isn't (bluetooth dongle).

Hope to made my situation clear, if it isn't tell me.

 

Hello Be4stElectrjc, *Smile

I'm sorry, but did you have a question in reference to the tutorial?

 

What do you mean? My problem is related to bluetooth on/off becuase action center is locked on even if device is disabled.

 

You didn't post a question about your issue, so I was just asking if you had a specific question for it.

Since the Bluetooth device is disabled, then this is just some sort of bug for the Bluetooth button in the Action Center to still show turned on. Does anything happen when you click on the button in Action Center?

If you enable the device in Device Manager again, are you able to turn off Bluetooth first, then disable it again to have it show properly off in Action Center?

 

I know, but a question it would been not much in order to help me.

Yes, instead of bring me to the bluetooth page in the settings it brings me to the settings page. It's a broken link, since the bluetooth page doesn't exist because the device is disabled.

No, same situation of before. Forced to disable it manually because of the missing on/off both in action bluetooth settings and action center.

 

Just to verify, when you have Bluetooth enabled in Device Manager, Bluetooth is missing in Settings in both locations from OPTION ONE and OPTION TWO in the tutorial on the first page?

It may be possible that the software for your Bluetooth device is being used instead of in Settings.