Some people disable the touch screen on their laptops and 2-in-1 tablet PCs because they find it unreliable or unstable. Others disable the touch screen for different reasons, such as because they want to use other input methods or because their laptop’s touch screen is not working properly. You can disable the touch screen on your PC until you find a solution.

Turn Off Touch Screen on HP, Dell, Lenovo, etc.

To turn off the touch screen on a Windows-powered device, follow these steps:

  1. Open the Start menu and search for “Control Panel.”
  2. When Control Panel appears, click on “Touch Screen and Mouse.”
  3. When the Touch Screen and Mouse window appears, click on the “Change Touch Settings” link under the “Display” heading.
  4. On the “Change Touch Settings” window that appears, click on the “Disable Touch” button under the “Input Devices” heading.
  5. Click on OK to close the window and confirm that you want to disable touch input on your device. ..

To disable your laptop’s touch screen, you can use three system tools built into the Windows operating system—Device Manager, Windows Registry, and Powershell. We’ll show you how to use these tools to turn off the touch screen on your laptop.

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Turn Off Touch Screen via Device Manager

The Device Manager app is a system app that lets you manage hardware components on your Windows PC. By disabling the driver powering touch input, you can turn off your PC’s touch screen.

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If you have multiple touch screen devices in the Human Interface Devices section of your PC, disable them all. If that turns off your PC’s touch screen, you may need to replace your touch screen. ..

To enable the touch screen from the Device Manager, select the touch screen driver(s) and tap the green arrow up icon on the toolbar.

You could right-click the driver and select Enable device.

We don’t recommend turning off your laptop’s touch screen if the display is the only input method. That’s because you won’t be able to re-enable the touch screen. So, make sure you have other input accessories (external keyboard or mouse) handy before turning off your computer’s touch screen.

Turn Off Touch Screen from the Registry Editor

Your computer’s registry is a vital part of your system and can be used to disable touch input or change the settings for your computer. By creating a “kill switch” in the Registry, you can protect your computer from accidental touch input and keep it running smoothly.

If your computer’s Device Manager isn’t working properly, you can try this technique to fix it.

Step One: Open the Registry Editor by clicking on the Start button, typing “regedit” in the search box, and pressing Enter. Step Two: In the Registry Editor, navigate to the following key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon Step Three: On the right side of the Winlogon key, you will see a series of subkeys. The first subkey is “Shell”. Double-click on this subkey to open its properties. Under “User Shell”, you will see a value called “Default”. This is your current user shell. If you want to use a different user shell, you can change this value. Step Four: To use a different user shell, you must first create a new user account. To do this, click on the “New” button under “User Shell” and enter your desired user name and password in the dialog box that appears. Click OK to create your new user account. ..

If something goes wrong while turning off the touch screen, the backup lets you restore missing or corrupt files and fix Registry errors.

To enable touch input on your PC from the Windows Registry, head to the Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Wisp\Touch folder, double-click TouchGate, set the “Value date” to 1, and select OK.

If your computer has been crashed or you lost touch with it, you can restore its touch screen functionality by restarting it afterward.

Turn Off Touch Screen via Windows Powershell

Windows PowerShell is a powerful system tool that you can use to make changes to your computer hardware. ..

If you can’t find “Windows Powershell (Admin)”, type “powershell” in the Windows search bar and select Run as administrator.

Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object {$_.FriendlyName -like ‘touch screen’} | Disable-PnpDevice -Confirm:$false

The PowerShell command displayed an error when I ran it. Ignore the error message. Our test devices (an HP and Lenovo laptop) no longer detected touch input despite this message.

Enable-TouchScreen -ComputerName ..

To enable a touch screen on a computer, run the following command: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object {$_.FriendlyName -like ‘touch screen’} | Enable-PnpDevice -Confirm:$false ..

The PowerShell command might display an error message. Ignore the error and touch your computer’s screen. It should respond to touch input without any problem. Otherwise, rerun the command and restart your computer.

Disable Touch Screen Input With Ease

Windows 10 touch screen input is currently not working. You may need to use one or more of the following methods to fix it:

  1. Follow the instructions in this article to fix touch screen input on your computer.
  2. Restart your computer and backup your files where necessary.