cannot rename bluetooth device on Win 11

If that is the case, then you have one of a few issues, and nobody here will be able to help you - possibilities following

I. You're on a company-managed device, and your System Administrators have decided that you're not trustworthy enough to be allowed access to that tab

II. Your installation of Windows is irreparably damaged, preventing you from being able to see something that should be there by all rights, given how you are accessing it

III. Your Bluetooth devices are irreparably damaged OR the drivers are not correctly programmed

IV. You stole Windows - Microsoft actively does the opposite of supporting pirates

Or V. (And this is super likely) You aren't following directions closely enough

If you find that none of the three above are the case, then I suggest you do the following:

1. Calm down
2. No really, go back and look at #1 here
3. I mean it, calm down
4. No really, put your caps-lock key away
5. 5
6. 9
7. Now that you're calm...

• Go back and carefully follow all of the instructions from each person
• You almost 100% certainly have made a mistake while trying to follow the directions
• I say this because I speed-read the instructions several times from several people, and didn't perform the operations correctly myself, multiple times
• So really, please, if you're still upset, and you still want to USE ALL CAPS here for no reason, go back to step 1 - "1. Calm Down"

Screaming at people when they are attempting to assist you is never going to get you the assistance you want, at least not in the professional world. Now, you want to try again?

I do not understand why we can't use Settings to rename or is that only temporary? If so that should be made super clear!!! Typical design flaw by Microsoft...

I can confirm Jaivin's solution works.

The important thing is to click the APPLY button after renaming the device, just hitting ENTER/RETURN does not apply the change.

If the device is connected the name will nt change immediately, DISCONNECT it and RECONNECT IT and the name will change.

Doubtless the false trails of this issue are dues to changes MS makes along the way and eventually this method will probably fail when they remove the old devices screen.

I finally found it. It's easy, we just need to go to device manager and press the "action" menu at the top then select the device and printer. Then the connected devices will appear. Select the device you want to rename then right click and select the properties menu. Then move to the bluetooth tab and we can change the name there. Don't forget to press apply and ok and reconnect the device

Thanks for the tip although my IT department has blocked that app and I dare say others that work in medium to large organisations will face the same issue.