How to batch delete ALL synced bluetooth devices from a W7 system?

mechanicarts

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I work in a print shop and we regularly connect to mobiles via bluetooth to print photos or documents. At the moment, we've synced more than 1000 devices in each of our 2 computers and we want to clear them out, because every time we connect, we give them "unattended access" (to help them send many photos without confirmation). I know it is possible to do this one by one, but it would take a long time for all these devices.
I've tried the Bluetooth Command Line tools (btpair) but it do anything. I'm not sure if it needed more parameters other than btpair-u.
I also tried Device Cleanup, deleted all other connected devices (USB, external HDDs etc) but not the bluetooth devices.
Any ideas?
 
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If either Bluetooth Command Line tools or Device Cleanup don't do the job then all that's left is to manually remove the devices, unless you want to go registry diving, which will probably take just as long and runs the risk of hobbling your systems. Both of the previously named tools have worked for others. For the future, the proper way to address this issue is not to let it build to this level. Remove each device just as soon as it is no longer needed.
If either Bluetooth Command Line tools or Device Cleanup don't do the job then all that's left is to manually remove the devices, unless you want to go registry diving, which will probably take just as long and runs the risk of hobbling your systems. Both of the previously named tools have worked for others. For the future, the proper way to address this issue is not to let it build to this level. Remove each device just as soon as it is no longer needed.
 
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mechanicarts

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Is "btpair -u" generally expected to unpair all historically paired devices?
 

Yes, that is the purpose of that specific command, to unpair and remove all remembered devices. If for some reason that doesn't work you're down to manually removing devices. But keep in mind that that's a 3rd party tool and there are no guarantees.
 

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