How to Turn Off Touch Screen on Windows 10 and 11 (2025 Guide)

I have used touchscreen Windows laptops in the past. However, I rarely find myself using the touch functionality anymore. Moreover, when Windows laptops get hot, the touch screen starts to act up, often registering erratic inputs. In that case, it’s best to turn off the touch screen on your laptop. So, if you are facing similar issues or just don’t use the touch feature enough, here is how you can turn off the touch screen on Windows 10 and 11 devices permanently.

1. Turn Off Touch Screen on Windows 10 and 11 Using Device Manager

First and foremost, you can turn off the touch screen on Windows 11 and 10 using Device Manager. You can simply disable the driver for the touch screen, which will prevent it from working. Here are the steps to follow.

• Press “Windows + X” to open the Quick Link menu.
• Click and open the “Device Manager” from this menu.

• Next, expand “Human Interface Devices” and scroll down.
• You will find the “HID-compliant touch screen” listing here.
• Right-click on this listing and select “Disable device”.
• If you see other listings mentioning touch screen, disable them too.
• Finally, click “Yes” to turn off the touch screen on your Windows 10 or 11 PC.

You can right-click on the same listings that you’ve disabled above and choose to enable the touch screen on your Windows laptop at any time.

2. Disable the Touch Screen on Windows 10 and 11 Using PowerShell

You can also use PowerShell to disable the touch screen driver on Windows 10 and 11 PCs. With a single command, you can turn off touch input on Windows laptops right away.

• Launch the Start menu and search “powershell”.
• Now, click on “Run as administrator” in the right pane.
• In the PowerShell window, paste the below command and hit Enter.

Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object { $_.FriendlyName -like "*touch screen*" } | Disable-PnpDevice -Confirm:$false

• This will automatically disable the touch screen on your Windows laptop.
• In case, you want to re-enable the touch screen, run the below command.

Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object { $_.FriendlyName -like "*touch screen*" } | Enable-PnpDevice -Confirm:$false

3. Permanently Turn Off Touch Screen on Windows Laptops Using Registry Editor

In case, the touch screen keeps re-enabling after a reboot or Windows update, you can permanently disable it through the Registry Editor. You can modify the “TouchGate” value to turn off touch input right away.

• Open the Start menu and search “registry”.
• Now, open the “Registry Editor” from the search results.
• Here, paste the below path into the address bar.
• This will take you to the “Touch” Registry entry.

Computer\HKEY_Current_USER\Software\Microsoft\Wisp\Touch

• On the right side, look for “TouchGate” and open it.
• Next, change the Value data to 0 and click on “OK”.
• Now, restart your Windows laptop, and the touch screen will be disabled.

So, these are the three different ways to turn off the touch screen on Windows 11 and 10 laptops. Many users have reported that disabling the touch functionality through Device Manager doesn’t persist after rebooting the PC. If that’s the case, you can modify the Registry value to disable the touch screen permanently.