How to enable and disable Bluetooth quick pairing in Windows 11

The Swift Pair feature allows for quick pairing of Bluetooth devices on your computer, enabling faster connection through a connection notification displayed on the screen. Users can then choose whether or not to agree to connect with the Bluetooth device. The Swift Pair Bluetooth quick connection option can be turned on or off whenever you want, as shown in the guide below.

 

What is Bluetooth Quick Connect on Windows?

The Swift Pair feature in Windows 11 makes pairing Bluetooth devices quick and easy. When you have a Bluetooth device nearby and put it into pairing mode, your computer will send a notification to your screen. You can then connect to that Bluetooth device with just a few clicks.

Instructions on how to enable and disable quick Bluetooth pairing via Settings

Step 1:

First, access Settings on Windows, then click on Bluetooth & devices on the left, and then on the right click on Devices .

Step 2:

In Device settings , simply toggle the "Show notifications to connect using Swift Pair" option to enable or disable Bluetooth connection notifications on Windows 11.

 

Quickly turn Bluetooth on or off via Registry Editor

Turn on Bluetooth pairing.

reg add "HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionBluetooth" /v QuickPair /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f

Turn off Bluetooth quick pairing.

reg add "HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionBluetooth" /v QuickPair /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f

Use Registry Editor for accounts

You must log in as an administrator to use this option.

Activate Swift Pair for all users.

reg add "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftPolicyManagerdefaultBluetoothAllowPromptedProximalConnections" /v value /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f

Disable Swift Pair for all users.

reg add "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftPolicyManagerdefaultBluetoothAllowPromptedProximalConnections" /v value /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f