Enable and Disable Your Touchscreen in Windows 10

I have got an idea to write this article on enable and disable touch screen in Windows 10 because I have a touch enabled laptop (HP Pavilion x360 convertible).

Even I use it occasionally though I know that I can use it by touch screen function. I would like to share a little incident happened with me.

One day, one of my tech guy friend was sitting beside me and we were discussing on an issue of a browser.

Suddenly, he points his finger to the browser and touched the screen and apparently, the browser has closed.

Probably he doesn’t know that i have a touch enabled laptop.

I was forced to think that if this can happen to me as a tech so many other users may have the same problem if they are using a touch enabled laptop.

Therefore, I decided to write an article on this topic that how a user can enable or disable touch screen in Windows 10 as per their requirement.

Note: If your machine has a touchscreen capability then, touch screen function is always enabled by default.

Hence, we come with a solution that how you can turn off touchscreen in Windows 10 desktop or a laptop. If the desktop or laptop has touch screen capabilities.

Disable Touch Screen in Your Windows 10

Step 1. Press Win + R to open RUN dialog box.

Type command devmgmt.msc and clink OK or hit keyboard Enter button.

This will open Windows device manager on your screen that has a list of all attached hardware’s of your machine.

Step 2. Locate Human Interface Devices and double-click on to expand its list.

Look of HID-compliant touch screen

Step 3. Now in order to disable touch screen function in Windows 10, right-click on HID-compliant touch screen and choose option Disable device

Above all steps will take immediate effect to your system touch screen and as a result your computer touch screen will stop functioning until you will enable it back.

To check this, now you can tap on the screen, it won’t detect or function touch functionality.