Identifying Bluetooth devices that your computer has connected to is as easy as a one-liner:
PS> Get-PnpDevice -Class Bluetooth
Status Class FriendlyName InstanceId
------ ----- ------------ ----------
OK Bluetooth Bose QC35 II Avrcp Transport BTHENUM{0000110C-00...
OK Bluetooth Generic Attribute Profile BTHLEDEVICE{0000180...
OK Bluetooth Generic Access Profile BTHLEDEVICE{0000180...
OK Bluetooth Generic Attribute Profile BTHLEDEVICE{0000180...
OK Bluetooth Bamboo Ink Plus BTHLEDEV_006FF2E608...
OK Bluetooth Bose QC35 II Avrcp Transport BTHENUM{0000110E-00...
OK Bluetooth Generic Attribute Profile BTHLEDEVICE{0000180...
OK Bluetooth SMA001d SN: 2110109033 SN2110109033 BTHENUMDEV_0080251B...
OK Bluetooth MX Master 3 BTHLEDEV_D304DEE615...
OK Bluetooth Bluetooth LE Generic Attribute Service BTHLEDEVICE{0000FE5...
OK Bluetooth Microsoft Bluetooth LE Enumerator BTHMS_BTHLE6&1B2C8...
OK Bluetooth Device Information Service BTHLEDEVICE{0000180...
OK Bluetooth Bluetooth LE Generic Attribute Service BTHLEDEVICE{0000180...
OK Bluetooth Device Information Service BTHLEDEVICE{0000180...
OK Bluetooth Generic Access Profile BTHLEDEVICE{0000180...
OK Bluetooth Bluetooth LE Generic Attribute Service BTHLEDEVICE{0001000...
OK Bluetooth Bluetooth LE Generic Attribute Service BTHLEDEVICE{0000180...
OK Bluetooth MX Keys BTHLEDEV_D9FDB81EAB...
OK Bluetooth Device Information Service BTHLEDEVICE{0000180...
OK Bluetooth Microsoft Bluetooth Enumerator BTHMS_BTHBRB6&1B2C...
OK Bluetooth Generic Access Profile BTHLEDEVICE{0000180...
OK Bluetooth Bluetooth LE Generic Attribute Service BTHLEDEVICE{0001000...
OK Bluetooth Intel(R) Wireless Bluetooth(R) USBVID_8087&PID_002...
OK Bluetooth Bluetooth Device (RFCOMM Protocol TDI) BTHMS_RFCOMM6&1B2C...
OK Bluetooth Bluetooth LE Generic Attribute Service BTHLEDEVICE{0000180...
OK Bluetooth Bose QC35 II BTHENUMDEV_2811A579...
To search for specific Bluetooth devices based on name, try the next line. It looks for all devices with “Bose” in their name:
PS> Get-PnpDevice -Class Bluetooth -FriendlyName *Bose* Status Class FriendlyName ------ ----- ------------ OK Bluetooth Bose QC35 II Avrcp Transport OK Bluetooth Bose QC35 II Avrcp Transport OK Bluetooth Bose QC35 II
By adding Select-Object, you can display other details for your Bluetooth devices as well:
PS> Get-PnpDevice -Class Bluetooth | Select-Object -Property Caption, Manufacturer, Service Caption Manufacturer Service ------- ------------ ------- Bose QC35 II Avrcp Transport Microsoft Microsoft_Bluetooth_AvrcpTransport Generic Attribute Profile Microsoft UmPass Generic Access Profile Microsoft UmPass Generic Attribute Profile Microsoft UmPass Bamboo Ink Plus Microsoft BthLEEnum Bose QC35 II Avrcp Transport Microsoft Microsoft_Bluetooth_AvrcpTransport Generic Attribute Profile Microsoft UmPass SMA001d SN: 2110109033 SN2110109033 Microsoft MX Master 3 Microsoft BthLEEnum Bluetooth LE Generic Attribute Service Microsoft UmPass Microsoft Bluetooth LE Enumerator Microsoft BthLEEnum Device Information Service Microsoft UmPass Bluetooth LE Generic Attribute Service Microsoft UmPass Device Information Service Microsoft UmPass Generic Access Profile Microsoft UmPass Bluetooth LE Generic Attribute Service Microsoft UmPass Bluetooth LE Generic Attribute Service Microsoft UmPass MX Keys Microsoft BthLEEnum Device Information Service Microsoft UmPass Microsoft Bluetooth Enumerator Microsoft BthEnum Generic Access Profile Microsoft UmPass Bluetooth LE Generic Attribute Service Microsoft UmPass Intel(R) Wireless Bluetooth(R) Intel Corporation BTHUSB Bluetooth Device (RFCOMM Protocol TDI) Microsoft RFCOMM Bluetooth LE Generic Attribute Service Microsoft UmPass Bose QC35 II Microsoft
And when you look at the other cmdlets with the noun “PnPDevice”, you can also enable or disable devices:
PS> Get-Command -Noun PnPDevice CommandType Name Version Source ----------- ---- ------- ------ Function Disable-PnpDevice 1.0.0.0 PnpDevice Function Enable-PnpDevice 1.0.0.0 PnpDevice Function Get-PnpDevice 1.0.0.0 PnpDevice
To find out how to determine the current connection status and completely remove Bluetooth devices, see our next tip.
