Do you have a laptop, a tablet, or a 2-in-1 device with Windows 10 or Windows 11? Do you need to connect Bluetooth devices and accessories, like a mouse, a keyboard, an external speaker, or a headset? If you do, this tutorial details all the steps you need to go through to make successful Bluetooth connections in both Windows 10 and Windows 11:
How to enter Bluetooth pairing mode on a Microsoft keyboard
On other keyboards, like the Logitech Bluetooth Illuminated Keyboard K810, you may need to press a button on the back to turn on Bluetooth discovery.
How to enter Bluetooth pairing mode on a Logitech keyboard
The same applies to mice: for example, on a Microsoft Sculpt Comfort mouse, you have a button on its bottom to turn on the mouse and another one for enabling Bluetooth discovery. Your mouse may have similar buttons. Use the button to turn on Bluetooth pairing/connect.
How to enter Bluetooth pairing mode on a Microsoft mouse
On a Microsoft Arc Touch Bluetooth mouse, there is only one Power/Connect button on the bottom. Press and hold the button for three to five seconds, and Bluetooth discovery is turned on. The light on the bottom of the mouse blinks slowly on and off until your mouse is connected through Bluetooth. Your mouse may have a similar system.
How to enter Bluetooth pairing mode on a Microsoft Arc Touch mouse
On my Razer Basilisk X Hyperspeed mouse, a switch on its bottom turns it on and enables Bluetooth. If your mouse has a similar switch, use it to make it enter the Bluetooth discovery state.
How to turn on Bluetooth on a Razer mouse
TIP: The best way to learn how to turn Bluetooth on for a computer peripheral such as a mouse or keyboard is to read its user manual.
Once you’ve enabled Bluetooth on your mouse or keyboard, it’s time to activate Bluetooth on your Windows 10 or Windows 11 computer. If you don’t know how to do it, we covered all the steps in these guides: How to turn on Bluetooth on Windows 10 (5 ways) and How to turn on Bluetooth on Windows 11 (5 ways). Next, let’s connect your Windows 10 or Windows 11 PC with the accessory you want through Bluetooth.
Turning on Bluetooth on a Windows 10 PC
If you’re using Windows 11, open the Settings app and select Bluetooth & devices on the left sidebar. Then, ensure that the Bluetooth switch on the right is turned On.
Turning on Bluetooth on a Windows 11 PC
Next, click or tap “Add Bluetooth or other devices” if you’re using Windows 10 or “+ Add device” if you’re using Windows 11.
Add a Bluetooth device in Windows
Regardless of your operating system, the next steps are identical. Windows will open a Bluetooth setup wizard called “Add a device.” Here, choose Bluetooth.
Choose Bluetooth in the Add device wizard
You’re shown a list of Bluetooth devices that are available near you. Click or tap on the name of the Bluetooth device that you want to connect. I chose “Basilisk X.” The name of your Bluetooth mouse or keyboard will be different.
Select the Bluetooth mouse or keyboard to add
Windows then takes a couple of seconds to connect the selected Bluetooth mouse or keyboard and set it up. Note that in the case of keyboards, Windows might display a PIN code asking you to type it on the Bluetooth keyboard to go ahead with the pairing. Type the code on the keyboard, and press the Enter key when you are done. Windows will then let you know that the Bluetooth mouse or keyboard you paired is ready to go. Press Done.
The Bluetooth mouse or keyboard is connected
Now you can start using the Bluetooth mouse or keyboard on your Windows computer.
How to connect to Bluetooth speakers
How to disconnect or remove a Bluetooth device from Windows 11
NOTE: The option to disconnect a Bluetooth device appears mostly for headsets and speakers. You don’t see it for Bluetooth mice and keyboards.
Alternatively, on the Bluetooth & devices page from Settings, click or tap Devices, and Windows 11 will show you the full list of devices, Bluetooth or not, connected to your PC. Find the one you want to disconnect or remove, click or tap the “...” (three dots) button next to it, and select Disconnect or Remove device from the menu, depending on your preference.
Another way to disconnect or remove a Bluetooth device from Windows 11
If you’re using Windows 10, on the “Bluetooth & other devices” page from Settings, all the Bluetooth devices are shown on the right side of the window. Choose the one you want to disconnect by clicking or tapping its name. Then you see one or two buttons. Press Disconnect or Remove device, depending on what you want.
How to disconnect or remove a Bluetooth device from Windows 10
If you need to use a disconnected device again, you can follow the same steps, but press Connect instead of Disconnect. On the other hand, if you removed a Bluetooth device from Windows, you must follow all the steps from this guide’s previous chapters to reconnect it.
The Wi-Fi taskbar icon in Windows 11
Ensure Bluetooth is on, and click or tap the small caret button next to it.
Click or tap the caret button next to Bluetooth
That will make Windows 11 show you the list of Bluetooth devices that are either connected or available. In that list, find the Bluetooth mouse or keyboard you want to connect and click or tap on it.
Select the device from the Bluetooth list
Wait for a few seconds, and Windows 11 will establish a Bluetooth connection to the selected device.
The device is connected to the Windows 11 PC via Bluetooth
If, later on, you want to disconnect a Bluetooth device from your Windows 11 PC, find it again in the fly-out box, click or tap on it and then on Disconnect.
How to disconnect a Bluetooth device from Windows 11
Note, however, that you can’t remove a paired Bluetooth device from Windows 11’s fly-out box: you can only connect or disconnect it.
How to connect a Bluetooth mouse or keyboard to a Windows laptop or PC
Connecting a Bluetooth mouse to a Windows 10/Windows 11 laptop is just as easy as connecting a Bluetooth keyboard to a desktop computer. And the procedure is mostly the same for any other type of device too. Here’s how it all goes:Step 1. Turn on your Bluetooth mouse or keyboard and enter pairing mode
The first step is ensuring your Bluetooth mouse or keyboard has its batteries plugged in and working. Then, turn on the mouse or keyboard, and enable its Bluetooth pairing function. This process is different from device to device. For example, on a Microsoft Wedge Mobile keyboard, you have two buttons for turning on the keyboard and a separate one to turn on Bluetooth discovery. Your keyboard may have similar buttons.Step 2. How to connect a Bluetooth mouse or keyboard to a Windows laptop or computer
If you’re using Windows 10, open the Settings app, go to Devices, and then to “Bluetooth & other devices.” The Bluetooth switch should be On, as in the screenshot below. If it’s not, turn it On by clicking or tapping on it.How to connect Bluetooth headphones, speakers, or other devices to Windows
Connecting other types of Bluetooth devices to your Windows PC is the same as the one for connecting a mouse or keyboard. Turn on the Bluetooth device you want to connect, ensure Bluetooth pairing is started, and then use the instructions we shared earlier. The only difference is that you choose your device, instead of a mouse, in the “Add a device” wizard. Here’s, for example, what I get when I connect a pair of Edifier speakers to my Windows 11 computer via Bluetooth.How to disconnect or remove Bluetooth devices from Windows
When you are done using a specific Bluetooth device, you can disconnect it. One way to quickly disconnect it is to turn off Bluetooth in Windows. However, when you do this, all Bluetooth devices get disconnected. If you want to disconnect or remove only one Bluetooth device and leave the others as they are, open the Settings app (Windows + I) and go back to the Bluetooth section. If you’re using Windows 11, on the Bluetooth & devices page, some of your Bluetooth devices might be shown at the top of the right side of the window. Click or tap the device’s “…” (three dots) button and either select Disconnect or Remove device in the menu, based on what you want.Windows 11 has an additional and faster way to connect and manage Bluetooth devices
In Windows 11, there’s another, slightly faster way of connecting Bluetooth devices to your computer: in the notification area on the taskbar, click or tap on the Wi-Fi icon.
Discussion (12)
I connected my Galaxy S7 to my Windows10 and transferred a file, using your instructions, thank you.
– What I am seeking is to connect my phone to Win10 and hear the caller’s voice on my Win10 speaker. This is done In a modern car via Bluetooth, isn’t it? In the car case, ringing, and answering is also done via Bluetooth. but (for now) I would settle for using the Galaxy handset for answering the phone call and speaking back. I just want the Galaxy phone audio to be heard on the PC.
– Possible?
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I pair my bluetooth keyboard to windows 10, but after a while that Windows goes on shotscreen mode or sleep mode I have to pair it again. actually I have to remove It one time and pair It again because it don’t work.
With some BT mice, the official Windows 10 control panel does not work. It asks for a PIN and fail.
You have to execute control.exe (the old style control panel) and add your mouse in the add bluetooth peripheral sub panel.
It asks for a PIN. You leave it blank and click next (which won’t work in the official control panel).
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i have a logitech k810 keyboard and sony MDX1000 headphones. A few weeks ago the headphones failed to connect to my pc and today my keyboard also failed to connect. In both instances they had been working fine, I went away from the PC for a little while and when I came back and woke it from sleep they simply refused to work. As far as i am aware there had been no software updates between the times I last succesfully used the devices and when i returned to the PC – we’re talking a interval of no more than an hour or so.
I have read the manuals and followed all the advice about unintsalling and re-installing, how to pair, how to do this, that and the other via various trouble shooting websites and nothing seems to work.
the most frustrating thing is, when i go through the ‘add a new bluetooth device’ the PC immediately recognises them and they show up in the list. i hit connect and this is where it goes wrong and i just get ‘cannot connectt, please try again. i have tried moving them around to see if the ‘signal’ is better in various postions, but nothing makes any difference.
I have no idea what’s wrong and there seems to be no suitable advice anywhere online. any ideas?
(PS i should also add that both devices connect properly to another pc on the same desk and, until recently worked with both with no problems for over a year. The failure on one machine seems to have no effect on the success with the other and both are running the lastest version of Windows 10. I also recently bought some brand new Beoplay E8 headphones and have never managed to conenct them to the PC either. it seems to have developed a dislike of bluetooth and it culling things, but randomly!)
Maybe the Bluetooth chip on your PC is broken and it won’t work until repaired or replaced. For everything that you shared, that is the only conclusion I have. Or, before being 100% sure, I would make a clean reinstallation of Windows, and of all drivers. If it keeps not working, then your Bluetooth chip no longer works, and it is the source of all problems.
Thank you. That makes a lot of sense! it’s not the answer I wanted to hear, but it is probably true :-/
This guide assumed you have a mouse to install your mouse. I cannot select the “Pair” (shaded area looks like a piss poor 2D representstion of a button). I can select the larger area containing the dialog and “button” but that’s all. Why did Microsoft turn the OS I’ve been using for 25 years into a POS?