Reasons to turn off the touch mouse on Dell laptops?

When you use a separate mouse for your laptop, the touchpad will become redundant and unnecessary because it can hinder some tasks such as writing documents, editing, etc. The article below by TipsMake will give reasons why you need to turn off the touchpad on Dell laptops and show you how to quickly turn off the touchpad.

Why should you turn off the touch mouse on Dell laptops?

Below TipsMake will give some reasons why you should turn off the Dell laptop touch screen:

1. When you turn off the touch mouse, you will operate many times more accurately than using an external mouse.
2. Limit the situation of accidentally touching the touch mouse, causing the operation process to be hindered, especially while text editing, texting, etc.

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Instructions to turn off the touch mouse on Dell Windows 10 laptop

If you are also planning to turn off the Dell laptop touch screen in Windows 10, you can use the ways that TipsMake lists below:

Use keyboard shortcuts

Using keyboard shortcuts is the simplest and fastest way to turn on and off touch on Dell laptops in particular and Windows laptops in general.

Depending on each Dell laptop model, the manufacturer will have different shortcut key locations. Accordingly, this shortcut can be located on any key from F5 to F9 on the F key row of the keyboard. You can quickly identify it through the touchpad icon placed below the letter F.

To use this feature, press the key combination Fn + The key with the touchpad icon . For example: If the touchpad key is set at F6 , press Fn + F6 .

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Turn off from Settings

For this method, you can refer to and perform the following order:

1. Step 1: Click on the Windows (Start) icon in the lower left corner of the screen > Select the gear icon that appears to open Settings.

Additionally, the Windows + I key combination also allows you to quickly open settings .

1. Step 2: In the window that appears, select Device to set up features.

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1. Step 3: After the Device screen appears, go to the Touchpad section on the options toolbar on the left > Continue, select the slider to the right of the Touchpad section to completely turn off (Off) the ability to use the device. touch mouse go.

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1. Step 4: If you need to reactivate, repeat the above steps and drag the slider to On.

Use Dell Touchpad software

Dell Touchpad is software used to turn off the Dell Laptop touch screen integrated on Dell laptops with customizations related to the touch mouse. There are some Dell laptops that come with this application by default so you do not need to install it:

1. Step 1: Click the Windows icon on the keyboard and enter the keyword Dell Touchpad to search for the application.
2. Step 2: After finding the application, press Enter to open it.
3. Step 3: The Dell Touchpad application interface appears and gives you 3 main mouse-related customizations including:

Touchpad: Touch mouse is equipped on the laptop.

Pointstick: Pointstick is a circular mouse pointer placed inside the keyboard so you can quickly move around the computer. Usually, many laptop lines will not be equipped with this tool so it will not appear in Dell Touchpad.

Mouse: All external mice are connected to the computer via Bluetooth, Receiver or USB.

1. Step 4: To turn on and off the touch mouse on a Dell laptop, select Sensitivity in the categories on the left. Then, drag the slider to enable or disable touchpad functionality . 

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1. Step 5: Once done, click Save to save the settings.

Besides the options to turn on and off the touchpad, you can customize the following 3 features through Dell Touchpad:

1. Sensitivity: Adjusts the sensitivity of the touchpad in Dell laptops. 
2. Buttons: Customize left, right or double click button features.
3. Scroll & Zoom: Usually this option will be available on newer Dell laptops, used to zoom images or scroll with two fingers.

If you can't find this application on your laptop, you can visit the Dell Touchpad Driver website (https://www.dell.com/support/home/en-vn/drivers/driversdetails) To test.

After accessing, enter the computer name and click Search to check.

How to turn off touch mouse on Dell Windows 7 laptop

If you are using a Dell Windows 7 laptop, you can refer to the instructions below:

Disable Touch Keyboard Service

In case your operating system version does not support or cannot turn off the touch mouse with a key combination. Then you should refer to Touch Keyboard Service:

Step 1: Open the Run dialog box with the Windows + R key combination and enter the command 'services.msc' . Then, press Enter or select OK to launch the input you just entered on your computer.

Step 2: A window appears, scroll down and find the line Touch Keyboard and Handwriting Panel Service in the Name column .

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Step 3: After opening the Touch Keyboard and Handwriting Panel Service window , find the Startup type section . Change the option to Disabled and select Stop in the Service Startup section . Finally click OK to save.

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Step 4: Finally, to complete the Touch Keyboard Service setup , you must restart the computer and the touchpad will be disabled.

Use the system tray icon

Additionally, you can refer to how to use the touchpad icon in the system tray.

Open it and search for the touchpad icon , then double-click the icon twice to turn off the touchpad's functionality . 

Disable from driver

Step 1: Select the Windows (Start) icon in the lower left corner of the screen > Select Control Panel .

Step 2: Next, select Hardware and Sound .

Step 3: Select the mouse customization item named Mouse as shown below.

Step 4: Select Device Settings > Select Disable to disable the touchpad and finally click Ok to save the settings.

Epilogue

Above are the ways to turn off the touchpad on Dell laptops that TipsMake has suggested for you. Hopefully after reading this article you can easily do this at home. Good luck.

David Pac

Update 10 October 2023