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How to Disable Touch Screen in Windows 10

By: Waseem Patwegar

If you do not want to use the Touch Screen feature in Windows 10 or you find it being glitchy, you can easily disable Touch Screen in Windows 10.

Disable Touch Screen in Windows 10

Disable Touch Screen in Windows 10

The Touch Screen feature in Windows 10 allows you to interact with your computer without using a Keyboard or a Mouse.

However, there are users who do not want to use the Touch Method of input and consider the Touch Screen feature as being not suitable for Laptop computers.

Also, some users want to keep the Touch Screen disabled to improve battery life and to prevent the possibility of opening a wrong slide or file during presentations.

Touch screen also needs to be disabled if it becomes glitchy, suffers from Phantom or Ghost Touch and also to discourage children from playing with the computer.

1. Turn OFF Touch Screen in Windows 10

Before going ahead with the steps to disable Touch Screen, make sure that your device supports other methods of input (Keyboard or Mouse).

1. Right-click on the Start button and click on Device Manager.

Open Device Manager on Windows PC

2. On Device Manager screen, expand Human Interface Devices entry > right-click on HID-Compliant Touch Screen and select Disable Device option.

Disable Touch Screen on Windows 10

3. On the confirmation pop-up, click on Yes to confirm.

Disable Touch Screen Pop-up

After this you won’t be able to use the Touch Screen on your computer, until the next restart.

2. Enable Touch Screen in Windows 10

If the Touch Screen does not return back after Restart, you can follow the steps below to Enable the Touch Screen on your computer.

1. Right-click on the Start button and click on Device Manager.

2. On Device Manager screen, expand Human Interface Devices entry > right-click on HID-Compliant Touch Screen and select Enable Device option.

Enable Touch Screen on Windows Computer

After this, you will be able to use the Touch Screen method of input on your computer.

3. Disable Touch Screen Using Registry

If you do not want the Touch Screen to become active after a Restart, you will have to modify the Touch Registry on your computer.

1. Right-click on Start Button and click on Run.

2. In Run Command window, type regedit and click on OK.

Open Registry Editor Using Run Command

3. In Registry Editor screen, navigate to the following path:

Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Wisp\Touch

4. Click on Touch Folder in the left-pane. In the right-pane, right-click in any empty space and select DWORD (32-bit) Value option.

Create New DWORD in Touch Registry

5. Name this newly created DWORD as TouchGate.

6. Double-click on TouchGate and make sure its value is 0.

Disable Touch Screen Using Registry

7. Restart the computer for the above change to be implemented.

After the computer restarts, you will not be able to use the Touch Screen.

If required, you can enable Touch Screen on your computer by changing the TouchGate value from 0 to 1 or by deleting the TouchGate entry.

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