Bluetooth keyboard not working on Bootcamp

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Bluetooth keyboard not working on Bootcamp

Hello. Recently I cleaned my keyboard while I was in macOS. Obliviously I messed up something. Now when I restart my mac in Win10 via bootcamp I can't use my keyboard unless I connect it to power cord. I tried unpairing it and pairing it again, but that doesn't work. It says it's paired but not connected. Is there a solution for my problem? I also tried to repair bootcamp but the problem persists.

Thanks.

iMac 21.5″, macOS 12.7

Posted on Nov 5, 2025 10:37 PM

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Nov 9, 2025 12:48 AM in response to guitar_garage

The issue lies with the Bluetooth driver and software used by Windows. Boot Camp should have detected the correct radio for your Mac and installed its driver, but there are a few cases where this does not happen 100%, like repairing Boot Camp after upgrading to Windows 11. If anybody else here knows how to fix the issue on a supported OS, I'm certainly all ears.

--Nate

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