How to Enable or Disable Bluetooth Absolute Volume in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable Bluetooth Absolute Volume for all users in and Windows 11.

What is Bluetooth Absolute Volume?

Absolute Volume is a feature that lets the Windows volume slider control the volume of your Bluetooth speakers or headphones. When you move the volume slider on your computer, the volume on your wireless device changes too.

Why Might You Need to Change This Setting?

Some Bluetooth headsets or speakers don’t work well with Absolute Volume. When this happens, you might not be able to adjust the volume using your PC’s volume slider. The volume controls on your wireless headset or speaker may not respond either. Your Bluetooth device may be incompatible with this Windows feature.

Reference: Bluetooth volume controls no longer work – Microsoft Support

What You Need to Know

⚠️ Admin privileges required — You must be signed in as an administrator to enable or disable Bluetooth Absolute Volume.

How to Enable or Disable Bluetooth Absolute Volume

1. Open the Windows Terminal app as administrator.
2. Run the command for what you want to do (see below).

Enable Bluetooth Absolute Volume

This is the default setting.

reg add "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Bluetooth\Audio\AVRCP\CT" /v DisableAbsoluteVolume /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f

Disable Bluetooth Absolute Volume

reg add "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Bluetooth\Audio\AVRCP\CT" /v DisableAbsoluteVolume /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f

Summary

Bluetooth Absolute Volume lets Windows control your wireless speaker or headphone volume directly. If your Bluetooth device doesn’t work well with this feature, you can disable it. You need admin access to make this change. Use Windows Terminal to run the correct command to enable or disable the setting.