Very often, many owners of laptops ask one interesting question: how to disable the touchpad? In fact, there is nothing complicated, just hold a few clicks of the mouse, and everything will be done. However, let's look in more detail.
What is the trip for?
Surely, many might think, they say, and why, in general, turn off the touchpad, because even with a connected mouse it does not interfere with work. Perhaps it is, but people are all different, and someone does not really like when this "box" works. In addition, some touchpads can have too bright a backlight that cannot be removed, and it shines through the eyes. It is useful to turn off the touchpad even when the laptop is running on battery power - it helps save a little battery power. In general, the reasons may be different, so listing them all does not make sense.
Below we will consider the most effective ways to disable the touchpad on Windows 10. Of course, the operating system can be of any edition and version, but since the “ten” is the most popular now, all the manipulations will be performed in it. Let's get started!
Double tap
The first and simplest method to turn off the touchpad when connecting a mouse is a double tap. What it is? On some touch panels in the upper left or upper right corner, a small square or rectangle is sometimes drawn. If you quickly tap it twice with your finger, the touchpad will turn off. This is called double tap.
Unfortunately, this method is not suitable for everyone, but only for owners of HP laptops.
Disable driver
Another way to disable the touchpad is to change the driver settings. So how can this be done? First of all, you need to get into the "Device Manager". To do this, right-click (RMB) on the Start icon and select the appropriate line from the list that appears. Next, in the window that opens, click on the arrow next to "Mice and other devices." Now we click RMB on the name of the touchpad model and select the line “Properties”. Half the battle has already been done.
The next step is to go to the “Driver” tab. Here you can find everything you need. To disable the touchpad, you need to click on the "Disconnect device" button and wait for completion. I would like to say right away that this is a temporary measure, since during the reboot the procedure will have to be repeated again.
Disabling in Synaptics
The third way to disable is to make some changes to the touchpad settings through Synaptics.
Synaptics is a company that manufactures touchpads for most laptops. In addition, for the correct operation of the touch panels, the developers released a special program with the same name, through which you can configure various parameters of the touchpad in every possible way, including turning it off.
To enter the settings of the Synaptics program, you need to open the "Control Panel". To do this, just click RMB (right-click) on the "Start" icon and select "Options". In the window that opens, in the search bar, write "Control Panel" and select the icon that appears. Next, we find the red icon of the Synaptics program and go into it. If there is no such icon on the laptop, then most likely it has a touchpad from another manufacturer.
So, after the window of the Synaptics program opens, you should go to the "Device Settings" tab. Only 2 things are of interest here - the “Disable” button and the checkmark opposite the item “Disable internal pointing devices, etc. Actually, almost everything is clear here. The button disables the touchpad completely, and if checked, the panel will turn off automatically, but only when the mouse is connected to the laptop.
Hotkey Disable
The next method, how to disable the touchpad on a laptop, is to use hot keys. This method works on almost all modern laptops, without exception. The only thing that is different is the key combination, otherwise there is no difference.
To disable the touchpad on Asus laptops, just press Fn + F9. Also on some models the combination may be as follows: Fn + F7. It all depends on the year of manufacture and the model range. A small tip: on the button that disables the touchpad, a small crossed-out small square should be drawn.
On Lenovo laptops, you can also disable the touchpad in two ways: Fn + F5 or Fn + F8. Acer has the identical Asus combination - Fn + F7. On Vaio laptops from Sony, the touchpad is disabled by pressing the Fn + F1 combination or in the settings of the Vaio Control Center proprietary program, on the “Mouse and Keyboard” tab.
On Toshiba and Samsung laptops, the combination for disconnecting is the same - Fn + F5 or Fn + F10. The only thing you need to remember about Samsung is that the company's proprietary drivers must be installed.
As for laptops from HP, they do not have any special key combination to disable the touchpad. Instead, the double-click function, which was written about at the very beginning of the article, is used.
How to disable the touchpad using the "Device Manager"?
Using this function, you can also quickly disable the touchpad. First you need to go to the "Device Manager". To do this, click RMB (right-click) on the “Start” icon and select the appropriate item from the list. While in the “Device Manager”, click on the arrow next to the item “Mice and other devices”. All that remains to be done is to right-click on the name of the touch panel and select "Disable" from the context menu that appears.
It’s worth saying right away that this is a temporary way, because after the reboot the touchpad will work again.
Third-party software
How to disable the touchpad on a laptop if none of the above methods help? Use the Touchpad Blocker program. After installation, you need to run it and tick off everywhere except the Beep when click is blocked and Enable / Disable touchpad items. Opposite the item Time interval ... there is a drop-down list in which you can choose after how long the touchpad will be blocked. Also, instead of time intervals, you can choose to completely lock the touch panel, if necessary.
That's all, in fact, as to how to disable the touchpad on a laptop. There is nothing complicated in solving this problem, the main thing is to follow the instructions, and then everything will work out.