This article shows you steps to turn on or turn off the touchpad on Windows 11, including instructions for disabling and enabling touchpad tap to click on Windows 11.
The touchpad on Windows 11 laptop may make you feel inconvenient when you are using your computer with a mouse. Sometimes, you may incautiously touch the touchpad when you type on your keyboard. In this case, you are recommended to disable your touchpad on your Windows 11. Or, you can also just disable the touchpad tap to click feature instead of disabling the touchpad. Disabling the touchpad tap to click means your finger tap on the touchpad will not working any more. In either case, you can easily disable or enable the touchpad on your windows 11. Let’s check the methods one by one.
How to Disable Touchpad on Windows 11
1 Right click the Start icon on the taskbar, then hit on Settings.
2 Choose Bluetooth & devices on the right side.
Go to Bluethooth and device on Windows 11
3 Next, scroll down to find and click Touchpad.
Find Touchpad on Windows 11
4 Then, click the Touchpad toggle to turn it off.
Turn on Touchpad in Windows 11
How to Disable Touchpad Tap to Click on Windows 11
If you just want to disable touchpad clicks instead of disabling touchpad, you can turn off touchpad clicks by the following steps.
1 Press Windows + i keys, click on Settings.
Find Touchpad via settings
2 Click Bluetooth, and select Touchpad on the right pane of Windows Settings.
Find Touchpad on Windows 11
3 Select the Tabs on the Touchpad settings and uncheck the following boxes:
Tap with a single finger to single-click
Tap with two fingers to right-click
Tap twice and drag to multi-select
Press the lower right corner of the touchpad to right-click
Turn off Touchpad tap to click
How to Enable Touchpad Tap to Click on Windows 11
It’s also easy to allow tap-clicking again by the following steps.
1 Press Windows key, type touchpad settings, and then press enter.
2 Click on Touchpad settings on the right panel. Scroll down to choose Touchpad option.
3 Click the Touchpad toggle to turn it on.
Turn on Touchpad in Windows 11
4 Next, click on the arrow key next to Taps option.
5 Then, you can check the following boxes to turn on the Touchpad click feature on your demand:
Tap with a single finger to single-click
Tap with two fingers to right-click
Tap twice and drag to multi-select
Press the lower right corner of the touchpad to right-click
Enable touchpad tap to click on Windows 11
After reading this article, you will fully understand how to turn on or off touchpad on your Windows 11, including how to enable or disable touchpad tap to click feature.
