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How do you disable Bluetooth from terminal in Ubuntu

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  • possible duplicate of Disable bluetooth in Kubuntu 14.04 – Snake Eyes Jun 19 '15 at 7:42
  • @Hunter Not really a dupe. Its about Kubuntu. This is about Ubuntu – Universal Electricity Jun 19 '15 at 8:30
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    @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
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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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    @downvoter!!! WHY? – Maythux Jun 19 '15 at 7:43
  • 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
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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
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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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Try this command:

rfkill block bluetooth
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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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  • 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

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