Other Devices Can Find my PC (Hong-Kong version) even if it is Not Discoverable in Bluetooth Settings

Last Update date : Sep 28. 2020

It is normal for your PC to be found by other devices in Windows 10 Bluetooth with the “Bluetooth & other devices” window open regardless of whether or not you have turned on “Allow Bluetooth devices to find this computer”.


Check your Bluetooth settings as follows.

1 On the taskbar, click the [Start] button and then open [Settings].
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2 Open [Devices].
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3 If [Bluetooth & other devices] shows the sentence [Now discoverable as DESKTOP-XXXXXXX], this means that other devices can find your PC.
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