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Subject: [Apple411] How to Turn off your earbuds from connecting automatically: Rita’s iDevice Advice For January 25, 2021

How to Turn off your earbuds from connecting automatically: Rita’s iDevice Advice For January 25, 2021 It is a very handy feature to have your Earbuds to connect automatically, but sometimes, this feature can be annoying if you have several Apple devices that automatically connect to your earbuds.

You could tell Siri to open Bluetooth settings.
Single finger double tap the Settings icon to open.
Now swipe right to, Bluetooth, and single finger double tap to open.
Now swipe to the connected device or headset that you want to disconnect.
Swipe down with 1 finger to the, More info option and single finger double tap to open.
Now swipe right to the Disconnect, and perform a  single finger double tap.
This device is now disconnected.
Now close  Bluetooth settings.

How to turn off automatic Bluetooth switching on iOS 14
	• Go to Settings, Bluetooth
	• With your AirPods or AirPods Pro connected, tap the I (More) button next to their name
	• Scroll down to Connect to This Phone(or iPad)
	• Tap to select When Last Connected to This iPhone (or iPad)
	• Tap Back.
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How to turn off automatic Bluetooth switching on macOS Big Sur
	• Click on Control Center in your menubar
	• Click on Bluetooth
	• Choose to connect to the AirPods or AirPods Pro
	• Click on Bluetooth Preferences... at the bottom of your list of devices
	• Find your device in the list that appears
	• It will have a button marked Options, click on that
	• Click on the dropdown menu next to Connect to this Mac
	• Choose When Last Connected to this Mac You could skip the Control Center and go straight to the Bluetooth section of Settings. However, you have to connect to the AirPods before you get the Optionsbutton, and it's handy to do that right there in Control Center.
Click on Options next to your connected AirPods.
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How to turn automatic switching back on
If you find you miss the feature, you can turn it back on for all of your devices by reversing the steps above.

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