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#1 2025-02-25 04:34:22

utkarshverma
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Registered: 2022-12-30
Posts: 6

How do I disable my built-in bluetooth device?

My laptop bluetooth card is misbehaving and I no longer use it. I just plug in a USB dongle. Since the internal Bluetooth card serves no purpose, I would like to disable it completely.

I have already done my research and ended up writing the following udev rule:

SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="13d3", ATTR{idProduct}=="3526", ATTR{authorized}="0"

This was from the following post: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=297994

If I do

sudo udevadm control --reload-rules && sudo udevadm trigger

manually, then the rule works. However, it does not work on boot. Does it have something to do with systemd's bluetooth service?

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#2 2025-02-25 18:43:26

mountaintrek
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Registered: 2024-02-01
Posts: 48

Re: How do I disable my built-in bluetooth device?

Suggestions:

  • Check if  your laptop has a physical toggle to turn its' bluetooth adapter off.

  • /etc/bluetooth/main.conf  AutoEnable=false

  • Checkout rfkill

  • Blacklist the module.

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