How to PERMANENTLY disable Handsfree Telephony for a bluetooth device in Windows 11?

Anonymous
2023-06-15T02:37:19+00:00

I need to disable Handsfree Telephony to make my Sony WH-1000XM4 headphones work in MS Teams (as resolved in this thread).

But, the setting keeps being enabled again - possibly during reboot or bluetooth re-connection.

Is there a way to PERMANENTLY disable the setting for this device?

Aside: I'm open to a fix in powershell if anyone knows the API calls for toggling the setting based on BT connection trigger.

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-07-15T22:38:57+00:00

    I found the troublesome driver in Device Manager under Sound, video and game controllers. I right clicked on the hands free line and selected disable. Haven't tested yet to see if it is enabled again after a restart.

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-07-07T07:58:14+00:00

    BRO MICROSOFT YOU GUYS JUST RESPOND IT HAS BEEN MONTHS I STILL HAVE ISSUE EVEN WHEN I BOUGHT A NEW LAPTOP AND HEAPHONES

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-07-01T15:37:34+00:00

    Thanks for this @RyokuY! This works also! For those more comfortable with a gui, you can do this with the registry editor too with the same paths as the command prompt. Regedit-> then Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Bluetooth\Audio\Hfp\AudioGateway

    Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Bluetooth\Audio\Hfp\HandsFree

    Set both Enabled = 0

    As always, be very careful when modifying the registry (do a backup first if you feel the need)

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-06-29T12:17:25+00:00

    hey i have a problem when i press Devices and printers it opens up settings how do i fix this

    go to bluetooth and devices, click view more device, scroll down to more devices and printers, that will take you back to control panel and where you want to go. i don't know why they made you go through settings to do that but they did

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-06-03T05:52:25+00:00

    To completely disable hands-free for all bluetooth devices, you can open terminal and do the following commands:

    reg add HKLM\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Bluetooth\Audio\Hfp\HandsFree /v Enabled /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f

    reg add HKLM\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Bluetooth\Audio\Hfp\AudioGateway /v Enabled /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f

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