How to disable Windows 11 touchscreen

On Windows 11, you can disable the touchscreen of your laptop or tablet, even if the Settings app doesn't offer this option. We can do it via Device Manager, PowerShell, or the Registry with simple steps. Here's how to disable the touchscreen in Windows 11.

 

Disable Windows 11 Touchscreen via Device Manager

Step 1:

You enter the keyword Device Manager in the search bar then click on the result displayed below.

Step 2:

Switch to the new interface, expand the Human Interface Devices section . Then right-click on HID-compliant touch screen and select Disable device in the displayed list.

 

Then click Yes to execute and restart your computer to apply the changes.

In case you want to re-enable the touchscreen, just tap Enable Device to turn it on.

Turn off Windows 11 touchscreen using PowerShell

Step 1:

First you need to run PowerShell as Admin as shown below.

Step 2:

Now you just need to enter the command below to turn off the touch screen on Windows 11 and press Enter.

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

Once completed, the touchscreen feature will be disabled on your computer.

 

If you want to turn on the computer touch screen again, enter the command below.

Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object { $_.FriendlyName -like '*touch screen*' } | Enable-PnpDevice -Confirm:$false​

Disable Touchscreen on Windows 11 Using Registry

Step 1:

We enter Registry into the search bar then click on the search result to access.

Step 2:

In the display interface, users access the path below.

HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWispTouch

Right- click on the Touch folder, select New , then select DWORD (32-bit) Value .

 

You enter this value named TouchGate and press Enter to access.

Step 3:

Double click on this value then enter 0 in Value data and click OK to save.

Finally you restart your computer for the changes to take effect.