Windows 10: My touchpad is not listed on device manager. I want to disable it. Help!

I have an HP Envy laptop 2018, running Windows 11. I use a mouse. Until today, my touch pad was disabled, but for some reason, today it came back to life. I cannot disable it, as I cannot find any reference to it on Device Manager. I uninstalled Synaptics SMBus ClickPad, thinking that doing so would make the touchpad stop working, but that did not help. Before I uninstalled this, "Touchpad" was listed in Setting under "Bluetooth and Devices," but there was no way to disable it. After I uninstalled, it isn't listed at all! Help!

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Disable touchpad

Hi,

Normally, you can disable the touchpad from Device Manager by follow the steps below:

• Go to Device Manager.
• Expand Mice and other pointing devices.
• Right-click on HID-compliant mouse and select Disable.
• Click Yes.
• Check if the touchpad is already disabled.

You can also contact the device manufacturer for further assistance if touchpad cannot be disabled.

Update us with the outcome so we can provide further assistance.

 

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

 

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.