Turn Off Bluetooth on Microsoft Surface
Another quick tip for Microsoft Surface owners.
By default, Bluetooth is enabled on Microsoft Surface devices which can take its toll on battery life so if you’re looking to improve battery life then this is worth turning off. It’s fairly simple to do as follows:
- Swipe in from the right of screen to get the charms bar,
- Tap Settings,
- Tap Change PC settings,
- Select Wireless in the left hand list,
- On the right of screen, tap the toggle for Bluetooth to switch it off,
- Tap the Window key to get back to the Start Screen.
Turn Bluetooth back on is very similar except the last step just flicks the toggle to turn it back on.
This tip will also work with other Windows RT and Windows 8 tablets as well if they also include Bluetooth (which they should).
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Hi. This is very annoying. Anyone found a toggle like we’ve got on phones?
Thanks! Exactly the instructions I needed to get my computer to stop interfering with my phone bluetooth connections to remote speakers, and phone calls.
Does anyone know how to get YouTube videos to play on the Surface Pro 6? I’m using Windows 10 and prefer IE11 if it will play YouTube videos.