▷ Disable touchpad in windows 10 when connecting usb mouse

In this article we will see different ways to disable touchpad in Windows 1 0 for our laptop. The touchpad, as we already know, does the mouse functions in our laptops and each and every one of them needs this device to carry out the typical actions of this device. But it is also true that, if we use our laptop for hours, the most normal thing will be to buy an external mouse and connect it to a USB for greater working comfort. It is in this case when we want to deactivate the touchpad so that it does not hinder our actions while using the keyboard and an external mouse.

Obviously, there are several methods to disable touchpad in Windows 10, one more powerful and others lighter. We will try to provide you with as much information as possible about the actions we can take to deactivate this element.

Disable touchpad with Fn keys

And the first option, in case you hadn't noticed yet, we have it directly on the keyboard of our laptop. Virtually all computers have a key that performs this function.

On our keyboard we must identify two keys to do this. First, the "Fn" key that would normally be located between the " Left Ctrl or" key and the " Windows " key. It will almost always have the color blue to denote that it is a key that provides special functions.

Secondly, we will have to identify the keys associated with the function Fn, also colored in the same color as the latter. Normally it will be the "F" keys of our equipment that have these functions. Specifically, the one that interests us is going to have a blue drawing of a touchpad.

What we must do is press the "Fn" key and without releasing it press the key that contains the drawing of the touchpad. This will enable or disable this item.

When it is deactivated, we will see in an icon in the taskbar the touchpad symbol with a red x or something similar.

This action will have to be done manually every time we want to enable or disable touchpad in Windows 10

Disable touchpad in Windows 10 automatically when inserting mouse

But we will have no need to do this continuously. Windows has an option that allows you to disable this item automatically when it detects an external mouse. Let's see where it is.

• We go to the start menu and click on the cogwheel to access the configuration

• Then click on the " Devices " icon

• Within these options click on " Touch Panel "

Within this window we could directly find an option that said " Disable touchpad when mouse is connected " or something similar. In this case we should only activate it to do the action.

• In our case we have not found it, we must click on " Additional configuration "

• In the new window it is possible that this option that we are looking for also appears. We have not been successful either. In our case and in the case of many of you, we will have to click on " Click to change the touch input configuration "

• In this way we will open the software that controls the touchpad, here we are sure to find an option to perform the action we want to disable touch input when connecting a mouse. In our case we have found the option in the " Mouse " section.

In any case, we will find the option in one of these three sites we have visited.

Through these two options we can disable the touchpad in Windows 10 in a more or less automated way.

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Have you managed to find the potion to disable your touchpad? If not, take a hammer and go through it to deactivate it, or write to us to see if we can find the solution together. (better the latter)