Windows 10: how do i deactivate my touchpad

While I'm typing I accidentally touch the touchpad, which moves the cursor somewhere else. How do i de-activate the touchpad?

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Touchpad doesn't deactivate


Visit manufacturer's site and update the touchpad driver. You may also have to go to utilities and download the Quick Launcher (or similar). This is the one that enables the key combinations. If you haven't that installed, you cannot deactivate the touchpad to do other key combinations.

 

deactivating laptop touchpad

Good Day JKSJIM,

My name is Carlo, I am also using Windows 10 pc and community member like you. Let us work together to sort this out.

Here's the steps you can try to deactivate the Touchpad.

-Press Windows key + X

-Click Settings

-Click on Devices

-Click on Touchpad

-Toggle it OFF

I hope the information above helps. Please let me know how it goes.

Have a wonderful day ahead and stay safe.

Sincerely,

Carlo T.

 

I want to disable touchpad on Dell laptop


Hello everyone,
My laptop's touchpad works and I don't want it to, because I prefer a mouse. It's a Dell Inspiron 11 3000 series on windows 10 OS.

What I have tried that hasn't worked:

• start<settings<devices<mouse & touchpad<additional mouse options. This opens a window called Mouse Options which has 5 tabs up top, none of which involve the touchpad. The Hardware tab shows 2 devices: the mouse itself, and the USB. No touchpad there.
• windows key+x<mobility center. No touchpad to be found.
• various function keys. No options for touchpad on/off.
• device manager<mice and other pointing devices. Again, only the mouse and usb show up. It appears the touchpad is working without a driver, which is a little spooky.

Any other suggestions? I could try downloading a third party driver, but that seems like a step in the wrong direction.
Thanks