Windows 10: How to disable touchpad while accessing mouse on Dell Latitude e5550 device running Windows 10?

When I upgraded to Windows 10, I looked into my touchpad settings to disable it while using an external mouse. I can't find that feature, however, and there is no YouTube video that shows me an appropriate solution that excludes downloading and installing new drivers or applications. I have a Dell Latitude e5550.

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How to disable touchpad while accessing mouse on Dell Inspiron n7110 device running Windows 10?

Hi Bunny,

Thank you for posting in Microsoft Community and being a part of Windows 10.

I understand your concern about disabling touchpad while accessing the external mouse on your device. We will help you with this issue.

I suggest you to follow the below steps to disable the touchpad:

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  Press Windows + X keys from the keyboard and click on
  Control Panel.
  
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  Click on Mouse.
  
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  On the Device Settings tab of the
  Mouse Properties screen, click the Disable button to turn off the Touchpad.
  
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  Restart the system
  

Hope it helps. Get back to us for further assistance on this issue, we will be happy to help you further.

 

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

 

I want to disable touchpad on Dell laptop


These 7 steps allowed me to disable my touchpad (Dell laptop, Windows 10):

1. Win Start button
2. Type in "device manager"
3. Select Device Manager to open it
4. Click down arrow to left of "Mice and other..." to expand
5. Right click Dell Touchpad
6. Disable device
7. Yes