--- title: Changing this one setting solved all of my Windows 11... description: A Windows 11 desktop user discovered that recurring Bluetooth disconnection issues after idle or sleep were caused by a default power management setting that... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/changing-this-one-setting-solved-all-of-my-windows-11-bluetooth-issues-akbaiv7fq twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Changing this one setting solved all of my Windows 11 Bluetooth issues | daily.dev og:description: A Windows 11 desktop user discovered that recurring Bluetooth disconnection issues after idle or sleep were caused by a default power management setting that... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/changing-this-one-setting-solved-all-of-my-windows-11-bluetooth-issues-akbaiv7fq og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/akBAIV7fq.png og:image:alt: Changing this one setting solved all of my Windows 11 Bluetooth issues og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Changing this one setting solved all of my Windows 11 Bluetooth issues **[XDA Developers](https://daily.dev/sources/xda-developers)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A Windows 11 desktop user discovered that recurring Bluetooth disconnection issues after idle or sleep were caused by a default power management setting that allows Windows to turn off the Bluetooth adapter to save power. Disabling this setting in the adapter's Properties window resolved the problem entirely, with devices reconnecting automatically. The author notes this default makes sense for laptops but is counterproductive on always-on desktop PCs, and wishes Microsoft would surface this setting more prominently in the Bluetooth settings page. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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