When did it become such a pain in the posterior to removeBT items ? It used to be so simple. Tried to unpair my Sony WH1000 headphones but I got the same as you did but eventually I did what you did and all was fine. Hopefully this video will help folk out and get them Bluetoothing with confidence again :) Thanks Mike and Kath.
Literally 3 days of trying everything on the internet to remove my stuck Bluetooth devices. I tried the Show Hidden trick, but I only removed the specific items that were stuck. That didn't work. Removing them only worked once I removed ALL the BT list items, including the General Radio, Enumerator, etc. Everything. Until there were no BT devices left in the list. Viola, the stuck devices were finally gone. Ding Dong the Wicket Witch is dead!! Thank you, thank you, thank you...
I tried literally everything registry editing, going into control panel and disabling devices, using a windows powershell command to unpair all devices... Did what you suggested in this video and it WORKED!!!! One thing I did notice is I had to go into control panel > Hardware and Sounds > Then Devices and once in there they disappeared and when you go back into settings THEN it disappears.
Great video. At first I was worried when I got to the step to scan for devices and it didn't restore the Bluetooth icon but when I rebooted my PC the icon was back and the problematic device was still gone. Thank you.😁
thanks man, new to this built gaming desk top scene, had to buy myself a asus bluetooth adapter and when i tried connecting my air pods it connected to the actual built in blue tooth and that messed it up due to me having to restart the computer to have the blue tooth adapter i bought go into effect. ur method worked and the air pods are now connected to the intended blue tooth source and that is my asus adapter i just purchased, thanks man!
Thanks for your guide and advice, This was a Safe way of dealing with broken Bluetooth devices but it worked for me. Next time I'll remember to unpair my devices before I get rid of them.
I have been battling all sorts of issues getting a new bluetooth device to connect to my Windows 11 (still having that problem) as well as getting rid of an unnecessary BT device it wouldn't let me remove. Thank you for this easy video so I at least removed the old device!!! Fantastic video! ... now... back to day 4 of me trying to get the other thing to connect. Why do some of these things have to be so unnecessarily complicated?! THANK YOU!
THANK YOU!! I didn't want to delete/uninstall all the Bluetooth things in Device Manager because I didn't know what they were - thought they might be the drivers that actually make Bluetooth work. You are an absolute peach, and I hope none of your zippers ever get cloth caught in them again.
Great video and fix. It was so easy and worked the very first try. One headset I have still showed in my Bluetooth list, but this time it allowed it to be removed. Thank you so much, and you now have one new subscriber.
And that is why the telephone connector (audio/media/headphone/auxiliary/AUX jack and plug) must remain. That way, at least, we'll always be able to use headphones/earphones/headsets/earbuds and other devices supporting that type of connection. Each operating system has struggled with, at least, one peripheral at the moment of pairing/removing/connecting. Which are the guilty ones? The OSs? The peripherals? All of them? The latest version of Bluetooth is 5.3, AFAIK. I'd prefer them to fix the current bugs/glitches instead of adding more and more features.
I did everything you did and it did not work for me. When I clicked the button "Scan for hardware changes", everything including all devices and the problematic device came back on the list on device manager.. I go to reconnect the device, add it or remove it and it doesn't want to do anything. It doesn't even come up when I go to scan for it. It is an xbox controller that I had connected to my computer just fine for a long time, as soon as my soupse added it to their computer and used it for gaming, I can no longer add or remove it from my computer. Frustrating..
I've tried everything, and it just doesn't disappear, I erased every bluetooth driver there was on my computer and it never never never disappears, when I scan again it just appears again even if it's turned off or disconnected.
Good video Mike. My only issue with bluetooth is that music doesn't sound very good. I have a couple pair of bluetooth wireless headphones, but I always end up plugging a cable into them. Any cure for the lack of music fidelity?
the high end bluetooth dongles like the creative BT-W3 certainly helps and also enables other settings like low latency and APTX which sounds much better than the SBC or the standard bluetooth protocol
Hi. I followed all the instructions in this video but nothing fixed my problem. I have a PS4 controller which, all of a sudden, can no longer get connected to my laptop. Whenever I turn my bluetooth on in both my laptop and the controller, bluetooth would automatically say "Connected (1)" but my controller would still continue to blink (meaning it's not yet connected to any device) and it also doesn't appear in the paired devices in the bluetooth setting. I tried plugging it in just so it would appear in the control panel and uninstall it--hoping it would also get removed in my bluetooth, but after successfully uninstalling it while it's plugged, the problem with the bluetooth still persists. So yes, I can still use my controller if I plug it in but I just can't leave this issue be. I hope you could notice this and solve my problem. Thank you very much.
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I have a problem because in the settings it doesn't show me anything in the manager, it shows that I have it on demand and therefore I can't use it, could you please help me?
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Hey friend. I am testing my father's JBL TUNE500BT on my pc and it is just unremovable. I've tried this as well as deleting everything with the headphones' name in the regedit. Also I turned off and unplugged the PC for several minutes and the mofo still shows up. I'm going crazy lol
I've tried, even uninstalled all drivers for it aswell as reinstalled, rolled back my system and all, currently running virus scans and whatnot to make sure its not a system file that's causing it to remain, im going to look into rolling back my Dulesense firmware and see if its something with a update.
@@mikesunboxing I am using a CSR8510 USB Dongle on PC. This controller does the same with my Android phone as well. I wonder if it's a bad Bluetooth radio 😭
@@True_Muslim_Momin This is maybe easier to fix or at least advise if we can ask more questions and get direct answers, so feel free to join our Discord chat and we can go over it in more detail discord.gg/gaeeDPw
Thanks for the video but even so the method did not work for me, I already found a solution for the one that did not work for you try disabling the bluethoot device and going to the bluethoot configuration try to put remove device
i was almost 100% this would work but it didn't 😂 😂 i even went on all the other options and cleaned everything that had the name of the device, and it still shows up on Bluetooth connections
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Damn, I did all this, and everything you showed in an older video, but my Airpods Im trying to disable is still there. When i scanned for hardware it reinstalled all drivers including the airpods I want gone. At this point I'm almost reinstalling windows because of how annoying it is. :/ Running W11 at the moment. Although, when i search for them in the Registry it completes the search and nothing else happens except the message saying it finished searching through the registry.
@@mikesunboxing I tried that, so that the whole bluetooth tab disappears, the i scan for new devices and it auto connects everything again as if nothing happened
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Can't say anything more than a MASSIVE thank you! Spent hours on reading useless guides and nothing worked. Your simple solution worked perfectly :)
Great to hear!
me too, delete all device in hidden device DO work
@@ryan-bb6qh Glad it helped 🙂
When did it become such a pain in the posterior to removeBT items ? It used to be so simple. Tried to unpair my Sony WH1000 headphones but I got the same as you did but eventually I did what you did and all was fine. Hopefully this video will help folk out and get them Bluetoothing with confidence again :) Thanks Mike and Kath.
yeah if i had a pound for every time someone had the same issue i would have a lot of pounds :-)
Literally 3 days of trying everything on the internet to remove my stuck Bluetooth devices. I tried the Show Hidden trick, but I only removed the specific items that were stuck.
That didn't work.
Removing them only worked once I removed ALL the BT list items, including the General Radio, Enumerator, etc. Everything. Until there were no BT devices left in the list.
Viola, the stuck devices were finally gone. Ding Dong the Wicket Witch is dead!!
Thank you, thank you, thank you...
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it took literally more than 6 months to me be able to fix this issue. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
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FINALLY after years of troubles with my bluetooth headphones here is working solution. Thank you Mister.
I tried literally everything registry editing, going into control panel and disabling devices, using a windows powershell command to unpair all devices... Did what you suggested in this video and it WORKED!!!! One thing I did notice is I had to go into control panel > Hardware and Sounds > Then Devices and once in there they disappeared and when you go back into settings THEN it disappears.
Great video. At first I was worried when I got to the step to scan for devices and it didn't restore the Bluetooth icon but when I rebooted my PC the icon was back and the problematic device was still gone. Thank you.😁
Glad it helped
thanks man, new to this built gaming desk top scene, had to buy myself a asus bluetooth adapter and when i tried connecting my air pods it connected to the actual built in blue tooth and that messed it up due to me having to restart the computer to have the blue tooth adapter i bought go into effect. ur method worked and the air pods are now connected to the intended blue tooth source and that is my asus adapter i just purchased, thanks man!
Glad it helped :-)
THANK YOU SOOOOOO MUCHHHHH. I spend weeks trying to figure this out but only got 2 mins with your video. Much appreciated 🙏
Thank you! I was losing my mind over this and it turned out to be so simple 🙏
Glad it helped!
Big thank you! Why couldn't windows point me to this solution? I wasted hours on this and this solved the problem in a minute.
Thanks for your guide and advice, This was a Safe way of dealing with broken Bluetooth devices but it worked for me.
Next time I'll remember to unpair my devices before I get rid of them.
Uninstalling seemingly unrelated hidden bluetooth devices using Device Manager was what finally did it for me. Much appreciate this tip.
Glad it helped :-)
I have been battling all sorts of issues getting a new bluetooth device to connect to my Windows 11 (still having that problem) as well as getting rid of an unnecessary BT device it wouldn't let me remove. Thank you for this easy video so I at least removed the old device!!! Fantastic video! ... now... back to day 4 of me trying to get the other thing to connect. Why do some of these things have to be so unnecessarily complicated?! THANK YOU!
awesome glad to hear it
Thank you so much! This is the ONLY solution that work.
Mike, you're a life saver I didn't know how to do this. Thank U very much. Love from France.
Happy to help!
THANK YOU!! I didn't want to delete/uninstall all the Bluetooth things in Device Manager because I didn't know what they were - thought they might be the drivers that actually make Bluetooth work. You are an absolute peach, and I hope none of your zippers ever get cloth caught in them again.
Lol! Glad it helped you :-)
Thank you for the updated method, this one actually worked for me!
Glad it helped :-)
just did this with my ps4 controller as it was not connecting, now it works perfectly again wireless
Glad it helped :-)
Great video and fix. It was so easy and worked the very first try. One headset I have still showed in my Bluetooth list, but this time it allowed it to be removed. Thank you so much, and you now have one new subscriber.
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Great video, thanks Mike.
Thanks for watching, Paul :-)
This worked for me first try thank you so much!
You're welcome!
this worked!!! oh my god i was trying to fix this issue for about an hour, thank you so much!
Glad it helped!
And that is why the telephone connector (audio/media/headphone/auxiliary/AUX jack and plug) must remain. That way, at least, we'll always be able to use headphones/earphones/headsets/earbuds and other devices supporting that type of connection. Each operating system has struggled with, at least, one peripheral at the moment of pairing/removing/connecting. Which are the guilty ones? The OSs? The peripherals? All of them? The latest version of Bluetooth is 5.3, AFAIK. I'd prefer them to fix the current bugs/glitches instead of adding more and more features.
The only method that works for me!! Many thanks.
You're welcome!
Thanks man! This worked immediately!
Glad it helped
Pretty Useful Information
thank you for the video
EDIT:
i thought my Cheap Bluetooth Dongle was the reason
Hope it helps
this was the only one that helped me thank you very much
glad it helped
I did everything you did and it did not work for me. When I clicked the button "Scan for hardware changes", everything including all devices and the problematic device came back on the list on device manager.. I go to reconnect the device, add it or remove it and it doesn't want to do anything. It doesn't even come up when I go to scan for it.
It is an xbox controller that I had connected to my computer just fine for a long time, as soon as my soupse added it to their computer and used it for gaming, I can no longer add or remove it from my computer.
Frustrating..
the bluetooth is setup for her machine, remove it from there and the bluetooth should reset for you
Best solution ever, thank you so much
Fixed my issue, much appreciated indeed.
no problem
I've tried everything, and it just doesn't disappear, I erased every bluetooth driver there was on my computer and it never never never disappears, when I scan again it just appears again even if it's turned off or disconnected.
try removing all the hidden devices in device manager
Thank you so much! I was going crazy struggling until I found your video.
Glad we could help!
Still valid 2024 worked on windows 11 Thanks
glad it helped
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This did it! Thanks again for sharing these helpful tips/fixes!
Glad it helped!
Thanks a lot mate you're goated fr
No problem
thanks
You're welcome!
great vid thanks :)
Glad it helped :-)
Thanks Mike for the tip. It is my problem also for wireless speaker and will do what you did.
Yes that should work
It works as you said it is. Thanks Mike.
@@jeremybadlon You're welcome :-)
Good video Mike. My only issue with bluetooth is that music doesn't sound very good. I have a couple pair of bluetooth wireless headphones, but I always end up plugging a cable into them. Any cure for the lack of music fidelity?
the high end bluetooth dongles like the creative BT-W3 certainly helps and also enables other settings like low latency and APTX which sounds much better than the SBC or the standard bluetooth protocol
this worked perfectly for me, appreciate it buddy!
Glad I could help
Thank you so much!
You're welcome!
Thank you very much
You are welcome
thanks man you made my day
Glad I could help
you make my day. thanks!
Glad to hear that!
Thank you mate 😁
No problem 👍
thank you very much sir!
Most welcome!
Thank you soooo much. this fixed my problem perfectly!
Glad it helped!
Hi. I followed all the instructions in this video but nothing fixed my problem. I have a PS4 controller which, all of a sudden, can no longer get connected to my laptop. Whenever I turn my bluetooth on in both my laptop and the controller, bluetooth would automatically say "Connected (1)" but my controller would still continue to blink (meaning it's not yet connected to any device) and it also doesn't appear in the paired devices in the bluetooth setting. I tried plugging it in just so it would appear in the control panel and uninstall it--hoping it would also get removed in my bluetooth, but after successfully uninstalling it while it's plugged, the problem with the bluetooth still persists. So yes, I can still use my controller if I plug it in but I just can't leave this issue be. I hope you could notice this and solve my problem. Thank you very much.
This is maybe easier to fix or at least advise if we can ask more questions and get direct answers, so feel free to join our Discord chat and we can go over it in more detail discord.gg/gaeeDPw
Thanks for another great hint, Mike!
bluetooth seems to be getting worse rather than better with every update
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thanks for watching
I have a problem because in the settings it doesn't show me anything in the manager, it shows that I have it on demand and therefore I can't use it, could you please help me?
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Hey friend. I am testing my father's JBL TUNE500BT on my pc and it is just unremovable. I've tried this as well as deleting everything with the headphones' name in the regedit. Also I turned off and unplugged the PC for several minutes and the mofo still shows up. I'm going crazy lol
have you tried hidden or disconnected devices in device manager?
thanks man!
No problem!
thanks dude
No problem!
Windows is a pain in the arse lately. Great guide though.
agreed! bluetooth is something that seems more and more problematic as time goes on
what if its not gone, and you even reinstalled the Bluetooth dongle and what not but its still paired and not un pairing. after doing it
remove the whole bluetooth stack in device manager including the hidden items
I've tried, even uninstalled all drivers for it aswell as reinstalled, rolled back my system and all, currently running virus scans and whatnot to make sure its not a system file that's causing it to remain, im going to look into rolling back my Dulesense firmware and see if its something with a update.
I am trying to connect Replica Switch Pro controller to my PC via Bluetooth and it shows "Paired" but doesn't connect. What could be causing it?
bluetooth uses many different protocols and drivers, could be it needs a driver also?
@@mikesunboxing I am using a CSR8510 USB Dongle on PC. This controller does the same with my Android phone as well. I wonder if it's a bad Bluetooth radio 😭
@@True_Muslim_Momin This is maybe easier to fix or at least advise if we can ask more questions and get direct answers, so feel free to join our Discord chat and we can go over it in more detail discord.gg/gaeeDPw
the paired devices still appear in bluetooth settings but not in device manger
might need to remove the bluetooth controller from device manager
Good to know, thanks Mike👍
No problem, hope it helps :-)
Good video.
Glad you enjoyed it bill
Thanks for the video but even so the method did not work for me, I already found a solution for the one that did not work for you try disabling the bluethoot device and going to the bluethoot configuration try to put remove device
i was almost 100% this would work but it didn't 😂 😂 i even went on all the other options and cleaned everything that had the name of the device, and it still shows up on Bluetooth connections
sorry to hear that, maybe get into safe mode and remove all the hidden items in the bluetooth section
@@mikesunboxing did everything plus extras lol had to go with the nuclear option and format the pc
How about fixing the removed bluetooth device and cant connect to it again
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thnx man
thanks for commenting
Damn, I did all this, and everything you showed in an older video, but my Airpods Im trying to disable is still there. When i scanned for hardware it reinstalled all drivers including the airpods I want gone. At this point I'm almost reinstalling windows because of how annoying it is. :/ Running W11 at the moment. Although, when i search for them in the Registry it completes the search and nothing else happens except the message saying it finished searching through the registry.
try removing everything in device manager in the bluetooth setting including hidden items
@@mikesunboxing I tried that, so that the whole bluetooth tab disappears, the i scan for new devices and it auto connects everything again as if nothing happened
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THANK YOUUU SOO MUCH YOU HAVE NO IDCE
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i don't have Bluetooth (Harald Blåtand) on/in my PC. but in Device Manager my tv keeps shoving up ???
could be your TV supports miracast or screen mirroring that uses 2.4ghz like wifi
@@mikesunboxing but why does my pc pick it up as a device for it ??? maybe microsoft win10 try to use every thing to spy on us hehehe :-)
Microsoft were pushing the tech quite hard so maybe
@@mikesunboxing Ps: my pc does not have wifi ?
@@mikesunboxing well we will know in 100 years. if humanity still have some freedom :-P
now this technique worked for me, the other vid. from 2019 "did not" .....
got there in the end, this is good news
REMOVAL IS EASY... So tell me how to conect them.....................................................................................
put the device into pairing mode and that should be enough to kickstart the process
thanks. but now i can't connect my bluetooth headphones lol
a reboot should let the bluetooth adapter install itself
Windows is dog-crap at this point. How can something as simple as Bluetooth be causing so many bugs.
yeah true
are you fuckin kidding.. how am I supposed to know wtf I am using????????????
which part do you not understand
@@mikesunboxing sry, I was in a bad mood after trying to fix this for 3 hours. I fixed it shortly after this video. but thank you for replying
@@aloo8668 Glad you got it fixed :-)
this method works for me! just uninstalling all the bluetooth stuff in devices manager removes the unremovable device. thank you!
glad it helped
thank u so much
You are most welcome