How to restore missing Bluetooth icon to notification area on windows 8/8.1

July 26, 2020 October 12, 2020

Hi, do you unable to find the Bluetooth icon on its default place after turn on. Don’t worry I will help you to restore Bluetooth icon to notification area on your windows PC.

We use Bluetooth on our PC to send or receive small file, connect to internet or to connect audio layer or other devices. But its getting complicated when you didn’t find the Bluetooth icon on notification area. It is necessary to have Bluetooth icon on taskbar or notification area to use the Bluetooth feature, without it you can just send file nothing else.

Let’s see how add or restore missing icon to taskbar or notification area (Windows 8/ 8.1)

1. Press Windows key + C and click on Search

2. Now type Bluetooth (Make sure Everywhere or Settings is selected) and Click on Change Bluetooth settings

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You will see a new windows like below.

You see that there is no tick on ‘Show the Bluetooth icon in the notification area’, to getting back the Bluetooth icon to taskbar or notification area add tick on it and click Apply.