Windows 10: In Win 11 with a convertible laptop, the virtual touchpad is disabled when the screen is...

As a standard with any of my 2 in 1's/convertibles, one of the first things I do is enable the virtual keyboard and virtual mouse. Show as two icons in the bottom right of the Taskbar. The real use is for when you flip the device into either tent or tablet mode so you can enable and use them when needed, 'cause, no access to physical keyboard and touchpad.Now, when you are in laptop mode, WHEN YOU DON'T NEED THEM, both are enabled. Touch the keyboard icon and the on screen keyboard comes up, touch the virtual touchpad, virtual keyboard comes up The problem is, as soon as you flip the screen ov

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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

 

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

 

win 10 disable touchpad

Hi,

Thank you for posting on Microsoft Community. I understand the inconvenience you are facing. I will certainly help you with this.

You can disable the touchpad pressing the FN key + (F1 – F10) (check the laptop user manual to find the Disable/enable touchpad function key).

You can also disable the touchpad using Device manager. To do so kindly follow the below given steps and check if it works:

• Press “Windows key + X” and click on “Device Manager”.
• In the list of devices, you should see the touchpad drivers.
• Right click on the device and then select "Disable".

Hope this information helps. Post back with updated issue details for further help.

Thank you.