When the touchpad of your device malfunctions and prevents the proper use of your mouse, then it becomes necessary to disable it. But most of the people don’t know how to do it.
So here, the team of Lenovo Tech support presents you the simple and easy methods to turn off the touchpad on your laptop. Just go through the methods and follow it step-by-step.
Disabling using windows
- Firstly, go to start and select ‘Control panel’.
- Then after opening control panel, navigate the ‘Mouse’ icon and double-click on it.
- After that locate the word Touchpad in the tabs at the top and click on it.
- If you want to disable the touchpad regardless of whether a mouse is connected then click on ‘Disable Touchpad’ option otherwise look for a checkbox named ‘Disable Touchpad when the external pointing device is present’ or something related to this. Make sure it's checked.
- In the end, press OK to save the changes.
Disabling using Keyboard Shortcuts
- First of all, Start your laptop and press & hold down the ‘Fn’ key, then press the ‘F8’ key.
- If the above shortcut doesn’t work then another common shortcut i.e press and hold down the ‘Fn’ key and then press ‘F6’ key.
- Then if you want to enable the touchpad use the shortcut again.
These are the steps provided by our experts. It is comparatively an easy task but the possibility of error cannot be neglected. So if you are facing any issue in any of the given steps, then give us an immediate call on our toll-free Lenovo Support Number Canada @ 1-844-888-3870 to get an instant solution. You can also connect with the team via live chat or email where the team is available at your service 24/7.
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