7 Best Ways to Fix Bluetooth Missing in Action Center in Windows 10 1

7 Best Ways to Fix Bluetooth Missing in Action Center in Windows 10

In Windows 10, the Action Center provides a quick way to enable or disable Bluetooth. Unfortunately, some users are unable to use this feature as their computer’s Action Center does not have Bluetooth. If you are facing the same issue, the solutions in this post should help you. Here you will find 7 ways to fix Bluetooth missing from Action Center in Windows 10.

Before trying the fixes mentioned here, we recommend that you read our dedicated post on where the Bluetooth settings are in Windows 10 and how to use them. This will help you learn more about how Bluetooth works in Windows 10.

Lets start.

1. Restart the computer

The first thing you should do is restart your computer. Sometimes, the Bluetooth tile disappears from the Action Center due to a problematic Bluetooth driver. A reboot should fix this.

2. Expand Quick Actions

The tiles or shortcuts you see in the Action Center are known as Quick Actions. They can be collapsed or expanded. When expanded, all active ones are visible.

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However, you can only see four of them in collapsed form. You’re probably checking the throttled version for Bluetooth. So you need to expand Quick Actions to make all tiles visible. To do this, open the Action Center and click on the Expand text.

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Fly: For more information on the Action Center in Windows 10 and how to enable/disable it, read our guide.

3. Edit Quick Actions

You can edit Quick Actions. This means you can add or remove them from the Action Center. So the Bluetooth tile may have been accidentally removed from the main view. You need to add it again as shown below.

Stage 1: Open the Action Center by clicking the Action Center icon in the taskbar. You can also use the Windows key + A keyboard shortcut to open the Action Center.

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Step 2: Right-click any of the Quick Actions. Select Edit Quick Actions from the menu.

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Fly: If Edit Quick Actions is not visible, go to PC Settings > System > Notifications and actions > Edit your quick actions.

Stage 3: Click Add at the bottom. Select Bluetooth from the menu.

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Step 4: Click anywhere except the Action Center or press the Done button to save the changes.

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4. Troubleshoot Bluetooth Issues

If Bluetooth doesn’t show up when you try to add it in Quick Actions, you need to troubleshoot Bluetooth services.

To do this, follow these steps:

Stage 1: Open Settings on your Windows 10 PC and go to Update & Security.

Step 2: Click Troubleshoot from the left sidebar. Click on additional troubleshooters.

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Stage 3: Click on Bluetooth and hit the Run the troubleshooter button.

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Step 4: Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the troubleshooting.

5. Scan for Hardware Changes

If troubleshooting did not help, you should seek help from Device Manager. Basically, you need to check if the Bluetooth drivers are properly installed on your PC.

For this, right-click on the Start Menu icon and select Device Manager.

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Search for Bluetooth. If this does not appear, click Action at the top and select Scan for Hardware changes. The Bluetooth drop-down menu will appear. Typically, it will update automatically (in case it doesn’t, follow the next method) and you should see the Bluetooth Quick Action. After following this method, we recommend you to follow Quick Actions edit method 3 to check the Bluetooth tile.

To change: If Bluetooth is not showing in Device Manager, see other ways to fix it.

6. Update Bluetooth Drivers

Usually, the absence of Bluetooth in Action Center is caused by outdated or problematic Bluetooth drivers. So you need to update or uninstall them (as shown below).

To update the Bluetooth drivers, open Device Manager by right-clicking the Start Menu icon. Inside Device Manager, click on Bluetooth to expand it. Then right click each entry one by one under Bluetooth and press Update driver. Follow the on-screen instructions to update the driver. Restart your computer after all drivers are updated.

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Fly: If you run into any problems updating the Bluetooth drivers, check our guide on how to update drivers properly in Windows 10.

7. Uninstall Bluetooth Drivers

If updating the Bluetooth driver did not show the Bluetooth tile in the Action Center, you should try uninstalling the Bluetooth driver. To do this, open Device Manager. Right click on your Bluetooth adapter under Bluetooth. Select Uninstall driver from the menu.

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Once uninstalled, click Action > Scan for hardware changes in Device Manager. Alternatively, simply restart the computer to allow your computer to automatically install the Bluetooth drivers.

Time to Move the Bluetooth Tile

We hope the above solutions will come in handy in getting Bluetooth to show up in the Action Center. Once Bluetooth is back in the Action Center, you can rearrange the tile to keep it in your preferred position. For this, right-click on the Bluetooth tile and select Edit Quick Actions. Then drag the Bluetooth tile to its new location.

Next: Want to know the Bluetooth profiles? Check what the Bluetooth profiles mean from the next link.

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