Pin the Bluetooth icon to the Windows taskbar for quick and easy access.
The Windows 10 taskbar provides a handy way of accessing certain utilities on your PC or laptop. The taskbar offers easy-to-access icons for Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, battery, audio control, and more, most of which you’ll need to use on a day-to-day basis.
Bluetooth is essential and can be used for wirelessly connecting different input and out devices, from the speaker to the keyboard and more. As such, it’s important to be able to access it when you need it easily.
In this article, we’ll show you how to pin the Bluetooth icon to Windows 10 taskbar.
Different reasons may cause the Bluetooth icon to disappear in Windows 10. One may be due to issues related to hardware, and the other, software-related issues like driver problems.
Another thing that may result in the Bluetooth icon not showing up in the taskbar is accidentally removing it, or in some cases, Airplane mode is enabled. Besides, this might come as a surprise but, make sure your device supports Bluetooth in the first place. Be sure to troubleshoot Windows 10 Bluetooth problems in case of any before reading on.
If everything is fine, and the only concern is showing the Bluetooth icon in the taskbar, here’s how you can do that.
The Bluetooth icon will now be displayed in the taskbar. If you want to declutter your taskbar, you can remove the Bluetooth icon by doing the following; Right-click the Bluetooth icon in the taskbar, then select Remove icon from the dialog.
Related: How to Add Bluetooth to a Computer
The taskbar is an easy way that Windows 10 allows you to access certain system utilities that are important and often needed. This can be likened to the Quick Settings menu in Android. You can access the Bluetooth by digging into the Settings app, but the most efficient way is by using the taskbar.
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