How to turn off notifications for connected Bluetooth devices on Windows

You can connect various Bluetooth devices to your computer, such as phones, headphones, speakers, fitness trackers, mice, and keyboards. By default, Windows 11 displays a notification called "Add a device" when a new Bluetooth device connects. You can then accept or reject the connection from this notification. You can adjust the settings to enable or disable notifications for newly connected Bluetooth devices on your computer using the instructions below.

 

Turn Bluetooth device connection notifications on and off in Windows.

Step 1:

Open Settings on your computer, then click on Bluetooth & devices on the left side of the interface. Next, look to the side and select Devices .

 

Step 2:

In the new interface, users select "More Bluetooth settings" under "Related settings" to expand the settings for Bluetooth devices on their computer.

Step 3:

In the window that appears, click on the Options tab to make adjustments.

Check the box "Alert me when a new Bluetooth device wants to connect" to enable notifications when a new Bluetooth device connects to your computer.

If you don't want notifications to appear, simply uncheck this option.

Enable or disable notifications for new Bluetooth device connections via the Registry.

To enable connection notifications to your computer

reg add "HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftBluetoothAuthenticationAgent" /v AcceptIncomingRequests /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f

To turn off Bluetooth connection notifications to your computer.

reg add "HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftBluetoothAuthenticationAgent" /v AcceptIncomingRequests /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f