Bluetooth on Laptop is an important feature that everyone uses regularly. After installing new windows or re-settings windows, you might have faced no option to turn on Bluetooth in Windows 10. The issue might occur due to Bluetooth drivers not being installed or corrupted after the windows update or after some software is installed, which tried to update/re-install Bluetooth drivers. In this article, we will see how to solve no option to turn ON Bluetooth Windows 10 in step-by-step instructions.
Why is there no option to turn on Bluetooth in Windows 10?
There are few reasons which may lead to Bluetooth setting missing or cannot turn on Bluetooth on the laptop.
- Drivers not installed.
- Incompatible drivers are installed on your laptop.
- Drivers got corrupted due to incompatible drivers were installed by third-party apps.
- Drivers got corrupted due to a windows update.
We will see the possible fixes according to the situation.
Step by step guide on how to fix NO option to turn ON Bluetooth Windows 10
There are few fixes available which you can try one by one –
Fix 1 – Enable Bluetooth Driver from Device Manager –
- Step1: Right-click on the start menu and select “Device Manager” from the menu.
- Step2: From the device manager, click on the “Bluetooth” driver.
- Step3: Under Bluetooth devices, if you see a grayed-out or faded Bluetooth device.
- Step4: Right-click on this device and select the “Enable Device” option.
- Step5: Now, Close the device manager and open the Run tool by pressing Windows + R buttons.
- Step6: Then type Services.msc to open the services tool.
- Step7: In the services tool, find and double-click on the “Bluetooth Support Service” option.
- Step8: Then select “Automatic” as Startup type and then click on the OK button.
Restart the computer once and check if you can enable the Bluetooth option. If you still see no option to turn on Bluetooth Windows 10, then head over to the next solution.
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Fix 2 – Uninstall Corrupted Bluetooth Drivers and reinstall the correct drivers –
- Step1: Right-click on the start menu and select “Device Manager” from the menu.
- Step2: From the device manager, click on the “Bluetooth” driver.
- Step3: Under Bluetooth devices, double click on “Bluetooth Device.”
- Step4: Under Bluetooth options, select the “Driver” tab and then click on the “Update Driver” button and select the “Search automatically for drivers” option.
- Step5: Wait till the driver updates itself if windows find a new compatible driver.
- Step6: If the driver is not available, go back and select “Uninstall Device” and then restart the computer.
Wait and check the Bluetooth drivers are getting installed automatically. If not, head over to the next section.
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Fix 3 – Download and Install Bluetooth drivers from the laptop provider’s website –
- Step1: Go to the laptop provider website and search for your model name. In my case, I have an Acer Laptop, so for this guide, I will explain to you the procedure to download Bluetooth drivers from the website; however, if your laptop is not from Acer, then you have to visit the respective provider’s website and get the drivers from there.
- Step2: Once you open the Acer website, select the country if not selected automatically.
- Step3: From the main menu, select “Services” and then select the “Drivers and Manual” option.
- Step4: From the new page, select your device model number or enter SNID.
- Step5: Once you select the model number correctly, the list of drivers will be shown to you on the screen.
- Step6: Find and download the “Bluetooth” drivers on your computer.
- Step7: Open the downloaded zip file and click on the installer to install the Bluetooth drivers.
- Step8: Wait till the driver gets installed on your computer.
- Step9: Now, open the settings from the windows start menu, and select the Devices option.
- Step10: Now, you can select Bluetooth and devices option, and then you can turn on Bluetooth by using Toggle.
Summary –
I hope you have fixed the No option to turn ON Bluetooth windows 10 issue that occurred on your laptop using this guide. Let us know if you have any queries/questions about this article in the comment section below.
