How do you disable Bluetooth from terminal in Ubuntu

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@Hunter Not really a dupe. Its about Kubuntu. This is about Ubuntu — Universal Electricity, Jun 19 '15 at 08:30
@UniKitty the difference is in the GUI. Why would it matter for a command line question? — muru, Jun 19 '15 at 10:12
Can you post the results of lsusb as I know another method that works — Jeremy31, Jun 19 '15 at 20:46

Maythux · Answer 1 · 2015-06-19T07:36:54.223

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To stop :

sudo service bluetooth stop

To start again:

sudo service bluetooth start

To restart :

sudo service bluetooth restart

To check current status:

service bluetooth status

Or you can use rfkill command:

rfkill block bluetooth

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answered Jun 19 '15 at 07:29

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@downvoter!!! WHY? – Maythux Jun 19 '15 at 07:43
Someone doesn't like you. But I can't upvote or downvote, since I don't have Ubuntu. Do you think this will work on a tablet? – Ismael Miguel Jun 19 '15 at 12:01
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yes it should be – Maythux Jun 19 '15 at 12:15
I need to set up a chroot with ubuntu and a USB bluetooth adapter to test. Or try a VM. – Ismael Miguel Jun 19 '15 at 12:17

score 6 · Answer 2 · edited Jun 19 '15 at 16:00

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You can also disable single adapters like

sudo hciconfig hci0 down

If hci0 is the only adapter, this means bluetooth is unavailable then.

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Would that switch the dongle mode to HDI and be able to use it on boot? – Automat Aug 12 '15 at 13:51
I would not expect any of the proposed solutions to cause that. – cschramm Sep 16 '15 at 11:53

score 3 · Answer 3 · edited Jun 20 '15 at 11:39

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Try this command:

rfkill block bluetooth

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+1 And rfkill unblock bluetooth to reenable. – Lexible Feb 02 '22 at 19:20

score 2 · Answer 4 · answered Sep 19 '22 at 08:59

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on more recent ubuntu, bluetooth can be controlled with: bluetoothctl power off and bluetoothctl power on

This method doesn't require root privileges, and also the changes are immediately visible on the gnome bluetooth applet.

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score 2 · Answer 5 · answered Jun 19 '15 at 07:36

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Also if you want to disable it permanently:

sudo mv /etc/init/bluetooth.conf /etc/init/bluetooth.conf.disabled

To re-enable:

sudo mv /etc/init/bluetooth.conf.disabled /etc/init/bluetooth.conf

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MD. Mohiuddin Ahmed · Answer 6 · 2022-02-03T03:51:30.053

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Ubuntu version 20.04:

disable bluetooth service:

#disable bluetooth service
sudo systemctl disable bluetooth
#stop running instance
sudo systemctl stop bluetooth

re-enable service later:

#re-enable bluetooth service later
sudo systemctl enable bluetooth
#start bluetooth service again
sudo systemctl start bluetooth

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answered Dec 13 '19 at 12:20

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Can you add a few more explanations? Also, giving how to restart / re-enable it is a good tip – damadam Dec 13 '19 at 12:58
This does not actually work, despite not throwing an error on the command line. – Lexible Feb 02 '22 at 19:21
@Lexible: What is your Ubuntu version? – MD. Mohiuddin Ahmed Feb 03 '22 at 03:54
@MD.MohiuddinAhmed 20.04 – Lexible Feb 03 '22 at 04:04
@Lexible: Any output on journalctl Or dmesg |grep -i blue ? – MD. Mohiuddin Ahmed Feb 20 '22 at 04:56

How do you disable Bluetooth from terminal in Ubuntu

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