Are you unable to see the Bluetooth device settings in the Device Manager of Windows 11? If yes, then you will be unable to manage the Bluetooth devices that you may use on your PC. I will show you some troubleshooting methods to fix this issue. Also, we will discuss why this problem may happen on Windows OS.
The Bluetooth service for Windows OS may have been paused. Then, you won’t see the Bluetooth-related settings or the devices you may try to connect to your PC. Even having installed an early version of Windows OS may cause bugs and glitches leading to malfunction of various system aspects, including Bluetooth.
Trying to use corrupt files on the computer via Bluetooth can also cause the feature to glitch out. Sometimes, the Bluetooth service remains hidden in the device Manager section. Hence, you are not able to see it right away. If you are using Bluetooth adapters, then for these devices, if their driver is not updated, they can cause the Bluetooth to disappear from the Device Manager menu.
Always start with a simple fix which is restarting the PC. It may be just a temporary glitch that may have appeared due to issues like the computer crashing or rebooting randomly in your previous sessions. A reboot usually fixes these kinds of errors.
Users often forget to update their Windows operating system to the latest version. So, they end up using the older build with bugs, which affects other operating system features. To update the system,
If at all it was a bug in the operating system, after upgrading to a newer build, the issue of missing Bluetooth option in the Device Manager should be fixed.
The USB port to which you are connecting the Bluetooth adapter may be corrupted. To fix that, you can reinstall the USB drivers. Also, scanning for hardware changes will fix existing issues and reinstall the USB drivers.
If you are using the Bluetooth adapter, and no Bluetooth settings is being visible, then simply disconnect the adapter. Restart the computer and again reconnect the Bluetooth adapter.
A USB port in the computer may have become corrupted. So, try alternative USB ports on the PC to connect the Bluetooth adapter.
Maybe due to a random glitch, the Bluetooth option may not show up in the list of device settings listed in the Windows Device Manager. There is an option in the Device Manager to view hidden settings. You can enable that.
There is a Windows troubleshooter tool you can use to fix the issues with Bluetooth. You can find it within the Windows settings, and here are the steps for you.
You can use command-line tools such as SFC and DISM to look for corrupt files present on your computer and fix them. DISM will replace corrupt files and replace them with an appropriate version of the files from the Microsoft server.
sfc/ scannow
DISM/Online/Cleanup-Image/RestoreHealth
The Bluetooth service usually enables automatically right when you boot your computer. Maybe due to some glitch, it has been disabled currently. So, you can restart it manually by visiting the Windows services settings.
So, these are the troubleshooting methods that you need to follow to fix the issue of Bluetooth missing from Device Manager in Windows 11.