If you own a laptop, you are familiar with using an integrated touchpad. You can use the Touchpad instead of an external mouse. When you connect a mouse to your Windows 11 or 10 laptop, the Touchpad remains active, and you can use either the Touchpad or the mouse to navigate or perform other tasks on your computer.
However, when both (the mouse and the Touchpad) are active, you may accidentally move the mouse pointer by resting your palm on your device’s Touchpadevice’sbehavior may be irritating, and you should disable the Touchpad when connecting a mouse to your Windows 11/10 computer.
Fortunately, Windows 11/10 allows you to disable the Touchpad when connecting an external mouse. When Windows 11/10 detects an external mouse, it will disable the Touchpad. When you remove the external mouse from your PC, the Touchpad will be activated automatically. As a result, there is no need to turn off your computer’s Touchcomputer’sot in use.
This risewindows article will show you how to automatically disable the Windows 11 Touchpad when you connect a mouse.
How Do You Turn Off Your Touchpad When Connecting a Mouse to Your Windows 11 PC?
Follow these steps to automatically disable the Touchpad when you connect a mouse to your Windows 11 computer:
Step 1. First of all, open the Settings app.
Step 2. After that, select
Step 3. Now, on the right sidebar of “Bluetooth & devices,” click on the 
Step 4. After that, click on the 
Step 5. At last, uncheck the “Leave touchpad on when a mouse is connected” option.
If you” move your finger on your Touchpad after completing the preceding steps, you will notice that it is no longer working if you have connected the mouse to your PC. Remove the mouse, and your Touchpad will resume regular operation.
This setting works even if you use a Bluetooth mouse.
How to Automatically Disable Touchpad when you Connect a Mouse to your Windows 10 PC?
Follow these steps to automatically disable the Touchpad when you connect a mouse to your Windows 10 computer:
Step 1. First of all, open Windows Settings.
Step 2. After that, click on 
Step 3. Now, under Devices, select 
Step 4. Next, on the right side of the
If you have connected your mouse to your PC after completing the preceding steps, you will notice that it no longer works when you move your fingers on your Touchpad. Remove the mouse from the PC, and your Touchpad will resume its regular operation.
That’s it!
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