Windows – How to change the discoverable Bluetooth name of a Windows 10 computer

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By default, the discoverable name of my Windows 10 computer is the same as the computer name.

How do I change the Bluetooth name without changing the computer name?

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Right click on the Start button and choose Device Manager.
Expand 'Bluetooth' and double click your adapter model. In my case it's the Marvel Radio Adapter.
Go to the Advanced tab and rename to whatever you desire.
Click the OK button. You're done!!

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Linux – Changing bluetooth device name

Answering over half a year later, but better late than never. It may help other people.

This answer is based on this blog post. It worked for me. In a very Linux-y style of doing things, it's based on editing configuration files rather than using a tool.

You need to edit two files:

In /var/lib/bluetooth/[your MAC address]/config, edit the line that starts with name.
In /etc/bluetooth/main.conf change the line with Name = %h-%d so that it reads only Name = %h, assuming you want to use your hostname as your bluetooth name (the %d adds a different index for each local bluetooth adapter, but you probably only have one). Using something else should work, but I haven't tried that myself.

Once you're done, restart the bluetooth service:

$ sudo service bluetooth restart

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