cannot rename bluetooth device on Win 11

Anonymous
2023-05-11T04:00:58+00:00

I am unable to change the name of my bluetooth ear buds. I have tried the control panel/hardware and devices/ properties but there is no "bluetooth" tab or option to rename. I am using Win 11 Home Version 10.0.22621 Build 22621. Please help.

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-09-25T12:41:57+00:00

    THERE. IS. NO. BLUETOOTH. TAB.

    None of the advice here works. Doesn't matter if opened as admin or whatever. There simply is no bluetooth tab, ever, anywhere.

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-09-26T16:02:50+00:00

    The bluetooth tab comes up after you double click on the device you want to change from folder:

    "Control Panel\Hardware and Sound\Devices and Printers" (copy paste that without the quotes in file explorer)

    Another window will popup that has the bluetooth tab on the far right.

    Open that tab, then remove the device while that window is still open.

    Then change the name to what you want it to be then hit ok. Exit out of the window.

    Then reconnect the device and it has the new name. It finally worked for me! Hope that helped.

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-09-26T17:27:19+00:00

    Just FYI, If anyone wanted to know how simple it could be to do this, in any form of Linux, click on Bluetooth device, and then "rename". The device can be connected or not at the time, and the change persists through reboots. That's how easy Microsoft could make it.

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-10-20T01:56:00+00:00

    Although we are all trying to change bluetooth device name, the device we are trying to change can vary. For my experience, the bluetooth tab is not available for some devices.

    It shows up for my bluetooth speaker but not for the bluetooth controller.

    BTW, I do find a pattern so far:

    Bluetooth tab available: output device (speaker, headphone, etc)

    Bluetooth tab unavailable: input device (mouse, game pad, etc)

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-10-25T22:26:38+00:00

    After wasting time checking lots of unhelpful advice, I found a solution thanks to Ionuț-Alexandru Popa at binaryfork_. Here's a summary:

    1. Pair the device (if not already paired)
    2. Go to Settings > Bluetooth and devices > View more devices
    3. Scroll down to 'More devices and printer settings' (near the bottom of the window): (this is the crucial step that most of the unhelpful advice misses)
    4. Right-click the device and choose 'Properties', then the 'Bluetooth' tab
    5. Edit the name and click OK
    6. Disconnect the device then reconnect it (this is important to prevent the device name reverting to the default)

    This is the way. I spent the last six months trying to figure out how to differentiate between my pairs of headphones, and (unhelpfully) I had gotten as far as actually renaming it. When I hit either "Apply" or "OK" it would just do nothing, regardless of how long I waited. I needed to disconnect and reconnect immediately after renaming the device. Then and only then did the device become renamed.

    This needs to be a stickied post, if this is going to be the "normal" way to rename Bluetooth devices from here on out. This would be damn near impossible to figure out ex nihilo. Thank you so much!

    [Deets]

    This is working as of 25 October 2024, on Windows 11 Home 10.0.22631 (23H2)

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