Although the touch screen is an excellent piece of technology, it does not appear to be an essential component of Windows computers in general. According to previous surveys, many laptop users with touch screens admit to only touching the screen on rare occasions. How to Disable Touch Screen in Windows 11?
This is because desktop operating systems like Windows, Mac OS, and Chrome OS are designed to be used with a mouse and keyboard rather than touch screens like mobile operating systems. As a result, all users need is a mouse and keyboard to fully utilize the operating system’s capabilities.
This article will show you how to disable the touch screen in Windows 11 so that you don’t make any mistakes by touching the screen by accident.
Turn off the touch screen using Device Manager
To begin, click the Windows Search icon (magnifying glass) on the taskbar, type ‘Device Manager’ into the search bar, and then click the first result that appears.
Locate the Human Interface Devices section in the Device Manager interface that appears and click the right arrow next to that device.
Find the HID-Compliant Touch Screen item in the list that appears. Select ‘Disable Device’ from the context menu by right-clicking on it.
To confirm that you really want to disable the touch screen, click ‘Yes’ in the dialog box that appears.
The device’s touch screen has been turned off. If you change your mind and want to re-enable the Touch Screen, simply repeat the steps above and select ‘Enable Device’ from the pop-up menu.
Turn off the touch screen using Windows Terminal
You can also disable the touch screen with a command in Windows Terminal.
You must first run Windows Terminal as an administrator to accomplish this. To access the Power User menu, right-click the Windows icon on the taskbar (or press Windows + X). Then select ‘Windows Terminal (Admin)’ from the drop-down menu.
Run the following command in the Windows Terminal interface that appears:
Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object {$_.FriendlyName -like '*touch screen*'} | Disable-PnpDevice -Confirm:$false
The touch screen will be disabled after you run the command. Run the following command to reactivate it:
Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object {$_.FriendlyName -like '*touch screen*'} | Enable-PnpDevice -Confirm:$false
