How to Enable or Disable Double Tap to Enable or Disable Touchpad in Windows 10


If your Windows 10 PC (ex: laptop) has a built-in touchpad, you may want to enable or disable on demand.

The TouchPad Disable Zone feature allows you to enable or disable the touchpad by double tapping on the corner zone (top left) of the touchpad.

If the touchpad is enabled, you can double tap on the top left corner of the touchpad to disable it.

If the touchpad is disabled, you can double tap on the top left corner of the touchpad to enable it.

This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable the TouchPad Disable Zone feature to double tap to enable or disable touchpad for your account in Windows 10.

The TouchPad Disable Zone settings will vary from one device and driver to another, so your settings may be different than in this tutorial.

If you have something different, then please post screenshots. I'll be happy to include it in the tutorial for others.



Contents

  • Option One: Enable Double Tap to Enable or Disable Touchpad
  • Option Two: Disable Double Tap to Enable or Disable Touchpad






OPTION ONE

Enable Double Tap to Enable or Disable Touchpad


1 Open Settings, and click/tap on the Devices icon.

2 Click/tap on Touchpad on the left side, and click/tap on the Additional settings link under Related settings on the right side. (see screenshot below)

Enable or Disable Double Tap to Enable or Disable Touchpad in Windows-touchpad_double_tap_to_enable_and_disable-1.png

3 In the ClickPad Settings tab (name may vary), click/tap on the ClickPad Settings button. (see screenshot below)

Enable or Disable Double Tap to Enable or Disable Touchpad in Windows-touchpad_double_tap_to_enable_and_disable-2.png

4 Check Tapping to enable it if not already, and click/tap on the gear icon (settings). (see screenshot below)

Enable or Disable Double Tap to Enable or Disable Touchpad in Windows-touchpad_double_tap_to_enable_and_disable-3.png

5 Check Double Tap To Enable or Disable TouchPad, select (dot) either Switch TouchPad off for one session or Switch TouchPad off for what you want, and click/tap on Close. (see screenshots below)

Enable or Disable Double Tap to Enable or Disable Touchpad in Windows-touchpad_double_tap_to_enable_and_disable-5.png Enable or Disable Double Tap to Enable or Disable Touchpad in Windows-help.png

6 Click/tap on OK. (see screenshot below)

Enable or Disable Double Tap to Enable or Disable Touchpad in Windows-touchpad_double_tap_to_enable_and_disable-6.png






OPTION TWO

Disable Double Tap to Enable or Disable Touchpad


1 Open Settings, and click/tap on the Devices icon.

2 Click/tap on Touchpad on the left side, and click/tap on the Additional settings link under Related settings on the right side. (see screenshot below)

Enable or Disable Double Tap to Enable or Disable Touchpad in Windows-touchpad_double_tap_to_enable_and_disable-1.png

3 In the ClickPad Settings tab (name may vary), click/tap on the ClickPad Settings button. (see screenshot below)

Enable or Disable Double Tap to Enable or Disable Touchpad in Windows-touchpad_double_tap_to_enable_and_disable-2.png

4 Click/tap on the gear icon (settings) for Tapping. (see screenshot below)

Enable or Disable Double Tap to Enable or Disable Touchpad in Windows-touchpad_double_tap_to_enable_and_disable-3.png

5 Uncheck Double Tap To Enable or Disable TouchPad, and click/tap on Close. (see screenshot below)

Enable or Disable Double Tap to Enable or Disable Touchpad in Windows-touchpad_double_tap_to_enable_and_disable-4.png

6 Click/tap on OK. (see screenshot below)

Enable or Disable Double Tap to Enable or Disable Touchpad in Windows-touchpad_double_tap_to_enable_and_disable-6.png


That's it,
Shawn