How can I remove AirPods Max from just my iPhone (but not another Apple device)?

[NewBench]

So on my iPhone I have the battery widget which ordinarily shows just the battery percentage, however if I have another Apple device nearby it will show the battery level for that device too. I just want it to show my phone's battery percentage.

I have a set of AirPods Max which my iPhone detects. I only use this AirPods Max with my Mac Mini M1 and never with my iPhone. I've tried going to 'Bluetooth' settings, selecting my AirPods Max and then selecting 'Forget', however a warning message comes up stating if I 'forget' them, it will stop being connected to my Mac Mini M1 (which I don't want).

Even with Bluetooth turned off, it still detects and measures the battery life of my AirPods Max.

How can I stop my iPhone detecting or connecting to my AirPods Max so that just my Mac Mini M1 connects/detects them?

 

[appltech]

There was a similar question on another forum. For that user the solution was to have separate apple ID

 

[tiess]

You can set it to never automatically connect to the iPhone. Then having it show up isn’t really a big deal in my option?