How to Hide or Show Touch Keyboard Button on Taskbar in Windows 10


You can use different keyboards with Windows to fit your needs. The most common is a physical, external keyboard that you plug into your PC. Windows 10 includes a touch keyboard for PCs.

This tutorial will show you how to hide or show the touch keyboard button on the taskbar notification area for your account in Windows 10.

If you’re using a tablet, or if your PC is in tablet mode, the touch keyboard will automatically open when you need it. Just tap where you’d like to enter text and the keyboard will pop up, or press the touch keyboard button on the taskbar.

If you're using a non-touch PC (ex: desktop), you could still use the touch keyboard if you like, but you would have to use your pointer to click on the keys instead of touching/tapping them.


Contents

  • Option One: To Hide or Show Touch Keyboard Button in Taskbar Context Menu
  • Option Two: To Hide or Show Touch Keyboard Button using in Settings
  • Option Three: To Hide or Show Touch Keyboard Button using in Taskbar Settings
  • Option Four: To Hide or Show Touch Keyboard Button using a BAT file



EXAMPLE: Touch Keyboard button on taskbar notification area
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OPTION ONE

To Hide or Show Touch Keyboard Button in Taskbar Context Menu


This option is no longer available starting with Windows 10 build 21337 and higher.


1 Right click or press and hold on the taskbar, and click/tap on Show touch keyboard button to toggle it to show (checked) or hide (unchecked). (see screenshots below)

(Tablet mode off)
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(Tablet mode on)
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OPTION TWO

To Hide or Show Touch Keyboard Button in Settings


1 Turn on or off the Touch Keyboard system icon for what you want. (see screenshot below)

For how, see: How to Turn Taskbar Notification Area System Icons On or Off in Windows 10

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OPTION THREE

To Hide or Show Touch Keyboard Button in Taskbar Settings


This option is only available starting with Windows 10 build 21337 and higher.


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

2 Click/tap on Taskbar on the left side. (see screenshot below)

3 Turn on (default) or off Show touch keyboard button on the right side for what you want.

4 You can now close Settings if you like.

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OPTION FOUR

To Hide or Show Touch Keyboard Button using a BAT file


The downloadable .bat files below will modify the DWORD value in the registry key below.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\TabletTip\1.7

TipbandDesiredVisibility DWORD

0 = Off - hide
1 = On - show


1 Do step 2 (show) or step 3 (hide) below for what you would like to do.


2 To Show Touch Keyboard Button on Taskbar

A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the BAT file below, and go to step 4 below.

Show_Touch_Keyboard_button_on_taskbar.bat

Download


3 To Hide Touch Keyboard Button on Taskbar

A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the BAT file below, and go to step 4 below.

Hide_Touch_Keyboard_button_on_taskbar.bat

Download


4 Save the .bat file to your desktop.

5 Unblock the .bat file.

6 Run the .bat file.

7 You will now notice your screen flicker and a command prompt quickly opens and closes as explorer is restarted to apply the registry changes.

8 When finished, you can delete the downloaded .bat file if you like.


That's it,
Shawn


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