Airpods Not Charging on Windows ⚡

Airpods are pretty cool, especially when you never have to worry about the tangled mess of wired headphones. What’s not cool is when you own a Windows machine and plugging the USB wire to charge your Airpod doesn’t work. The steps below should apply to all Airpods, but I have personally tested it using a first-generation Airpods Pro. I only realized this was a problem when after leaving the Airpods to charge via my laptop USB port for days, it never seemed to charge.

This guide is for anyone who has tried to charge their Airpods to no avail despite many resets.

What was not the issue

If you look online, most of the guides will suggest you reset your Airpods in case there was some other internal failure, such as the firmware for both Airpods being out of sync. Before you proceed with the rest of this guide, I recommend following those steps here first.

The fix

The root cause of this issue is a driver problem. To fix it, all you have to do is:

1. Connect your Airpods case with your Windows machine using the charging cable you have.
2. Open Control Panel and click 'Devices and Printers'.
3. Under the 'Unspecified' dropdown group, you should see 'AirPod Case'. Double click this item.

1. Open the 'Hardware' tab and double click 'HID-compliant vendor-defined device'.

1. Click on 'Change settings'.

1. Click 'Disable Device'.

1. Finally, unplug and plug in your AirPod case. At this time, your case should charge correctly.

I hope these steps fixed the issue. If not, feel free to consult other guides or give it a good old slap to get things working again.

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Comments

[Ahmed Omara]

I have created my account and logged in here just to say thank you! - your advise worked for me, hope u have a great day\night depends on where you are in the world :)

[josefarmrz]

I'm not sure how, but it worked perfectly fine :D
Thanks!

[Ella Peltovuori]

@spiderpig86

I did this and could charge my airpods perfectly! However a week or so later I noticed that my airpods didn't charge with my normal charger anymore. I can't charge the case now on my PC or otherwise. Could this have affected that? And can I reverse it somehow? Thanks for any tips, feeling kind of desperate to get them working again!

[Stanley Lim]

Hey @ella_bedad791e , not sure if this change would make it stop charging since this only changes settings on your computer and not the airpods. You could try reversing what is mentioned in the article, but I think it is unlikely to resolve your issue.