How to hide and show the Bluetooth icon on the Windows Taskbar

When Bluetooth is enabled on Windows , the Bluetooth icon will appear in the corner of the taskbar, allowing you to turn it on or off whenever needed. However, if you don't use Bluetooth, you can hide the Bluetooth icon on your computer to avoid accidentally clicking it or to make the system tray interface cleaner. Below are instructions on how to hide and show the Bluetooth icon on Windows in several ways.

 

Hide the Bluetooth icon in the Taskbar.

When you turn on Bluetooth on your computer, the icon will appear in the system tray. To hide this icon , simply click on the Bluetooth icon and select "Remove Icon ".

 

Hide or show the Bluetooth icon via Settings

Step 1:

Open Settings on your computer, then click on Bluetooth & devices on the left side of the interface.

 

Next, we click on the Devices option on the right to adjust the device settings on the computer.

Step 2:

To switch to the new interface, the user clicks on "More Bluetooth settings" under "Related settings".

More Bluetooth settings

Step 3:

In the new settings, uncheck "Show the Bluetooth icon in the notification area" to hide the Bluetooth icon on your computer.

 

If you want to display it again, simply check this option.

How to hide and show the Bluetooth icon via Registry Editor

To display the Bluetooth icon on the Taskbar

reg add "HKEY_CURRENT_USERControl PanelBluetooth" /v "Notification Area Icon" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f

Display the Bluetooth icon on the Taskbar.

reg add "HKEY_CURRENT_USERControl PanelBluetooth" /v "Notification Area Icon" /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f

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