{"id":906,"date":"2018-06-10T13:09:11","date_gmt":"2018-06-10T17:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techdeskguru.com\/?p=906"},"modified":"2018-06-10T13:09:11","modified_gmt":"2018-06-10T17:09:11","slug":"show-bluetooth-in-taskbar-system-tray","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/techdeskguru.com\/?p=906","title":{"rendered":"Show Bluetooth in Taskbar\/System Tray"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Restore Missing Bluetooth Icon in Windows 10<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In Windows 10, by default when Bluetooth is turned on, the Bluetooth icon appears in the notification area or system tray of taskbar. The Bluetooth icon in the system tray allows you quickly access Bluetooth settings, join a personal area network, add a new Bluetooth device, send and receive files.<\/p>\n<p>Many Windows 10 users have complained about the missing Bluetooth icon from system tray. If the Bluetooth icon is missing from system tray or notification area, use the following solutions to restore it back to system tray.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How to restore Bluetooth icon in Windows 10<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Turn on Bluetooth<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As said before, the Bluetooth icon appears in system tray only when Bluetooth is turned on. In short, if the Bluetooth is turned off, the Bluetooth icon won\u2019t appear in system tray. Here is how to check the status of Bluetooth and turn it on\/off.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 1:<\/strong> Open Settings app by either clicking Settings icon in the left-side of the Start menu or using Windows logo + I keyboard shortcut.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 2:<\/strong> Click <strong>Devices<\/strong> icon.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 3:<\/strong> Click <strong>Bluetooth<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 4:<\/strong> Under Manage Bluetooth Devices section, turn on the option labelled <strong>Bluetooth<\/strong> to turn it on. Likewise, move the switch to off position to turn off Bluetooth.<\/p>\n<p>Since you want to restore the missing Bluetooth icon in system tray, please turn on Bluetooth. The Bluetooth icon should immediately appear in system tray after turning on the feature.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Add Bluetooth icon to system tray\/notification area<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If turning on Bluetooth didn\u2019t help you get back the missing Bluetooth icon, it\u2019s likely because the system tray icon of Bluetooth has been disabled under Bluetooth settings. Follow the given below directions to enable the Bluetooth\u2019s system tray icon.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 1:<\/strong> Open <strong>Settings<\/strong> app. Click <strong>Devices<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 2:<\/strong> Click <strong>Bluetooth<\/strong> to see Bluetooth related settings and options. Make sure that the Bluetooth is turned on, and then click the link labeled <strong>More Bluetooth options<\/strong> to open Bluetooth Settings dialog.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 3:<\/strong> Under the <strong>Options<\/strong> tab, check the option labeled <strong>Show the Bluetooth icon in the notification area<\/strong>, and then click <strong>Apply<\/strong> button. That\u2019s it!<\/p>\n<p>Bluetooth icon should now appear in system tray area of Windows 10 taskbar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Restore Missing Bluetooth Icon in Windows 10 In Windows 10, by default when Bluetooth is turned on, the Bluetooth icon appears in the notification area or system tray of taskbar. &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-windows10"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/techdeskguru.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/906","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/techdeskguru.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/techdeskguru.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/techdeskguru.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/techdeskguru.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=906"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/techdeskguru.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/906\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":908,"href":"http:\/\/techdeskguru.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/906\/revisions\/908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/techdeskguru.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/techdeskguru.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/techdeskguru.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}