How To Disable Laptop Touch Pad

The easiest way to disable a touchpad depends on the hardware. The good news is that manufacturers of modern laptops have tried to address the issue up front. On some notebooks, you’ll find a physical switch to disable and enable the touchpad; look around the laptop’s edge for it. The PC might also offer a keyboard shortcut (such as pressing Fn and F7 simultaneously) to disable the touchpad, or perhaps pressing a certain area of the touchpad itself will turn it off. Check your laptop’s documentation for specific methods.

1. Look for a touchpad icon in the notification area (lower-right corner). Double-click or

right-click it to browse the touchpad options; disable the touchpad from here if possible.

2. If you don’t find a touchpad icon in the notification area, type control panel in Windows search bar. Go to Hardware and Sound, and under Devices and Printers, click Mouse. The Mouse Properties window will open; you might find a tab in that window where you can disable the touchpad.

Going through Control Panel > Hardware and Sound > Mouse can reveal a Mouse Properties window.

3. Look for a touchpad software entry in the Start menu if you can’t find it in the notification area or under Mouse Properties.

One more option

If you don’t see a way to physically disable the touchpad or to disable it through software, you still have another option.

1. Click Start.

2. Type device manager into the Search box. In the Device Manager, expand Mice and other pointing devices.

Look for your mouse in the Device Manager, to disable its touchpad.

3. Right-click the touchpad’s entry. In the menu that pops up, click Disable.

4. Confirm your choice in the pop-up window.