Touchpad Not Working

Touchpad Not Working on Windows 10

If your touchpad isn’t working, it might be a result of a missing, unfortunately, or out-of-date driver. Updating or reinstalling your touchpad drivers in Device Manager may help solve the problem.

To open Device Manager, type device manager in the search box on the taskbar, then select Device Manager.

Update touchpad drivers and check

1. Open Device Manager. (follow the above on how to open Device manager)
2. To find touchpad devices, select Human Interface Devices or Mice and other pointing devices, then right-click (or press and hold) the device you’d like to update.
3. Select Update Driver then restart your system and check 

If the issue still persists then try reinstalling the touchpad drivers

How to Reinstall touchpad drivers

1. Open Device Manager.
2. Right-click (or press and hold) the name of the device, and select Uninstall device.
3. Select Uninstall and then restart your PC.
4. Windows will attempt to reinstall the driver.

For Windows 11

If the issue still persists then follow the next steps below

Change Touchpad Sensitivity in Windows 10 from Settings App

1. Press the Windows key + I together to open the Settings app and go to Devices

2. Select the Touchpad tab. On the right-side pane, you can click the Touchpad sensitivity drop-down box to adjust the sensitivity level of your touchpad.

3. After trying the various levels: Low sensitivity, Medium Sensitivity, High Sensitivity, or Most Sensitive, you should know which level is appropriate.

Change Touchpad Sensitivity in Windows 11 from Settings App

1. Open Windows Settings
2. On the left pane, select Bluetooth & devices
3. On the right side, scroll down to the Touchpad section

4. Under the Taps column, select the sensitivity you want to kee
5. You may also select Reset to reset touchpad settings and gestures to default

Also, check whether the touchpad option is enabled or disabled

Here’s how to enable & disable your touchpad in Windows 11:

1. Right-click the Windows icon on the taskbar.
2. Click Settings
3. Click Bluetooth & devices.
4. Scroll down if necessary, and click Touchpad
5. Click the Touchpad toggle to turn it on for enable & off for disable.

if the issue still persists you need to follow a few additional steps to find the root cause this is happening due to an application issue you can find them by disabling all Microsoft applications.

Here few steps on how to perform a clean boot

1. Type msconfig in the search bar and open system configuration.

2. Click on the services tab

3.  In the services tab, select “Hide all Microsoft Services” then click on disable all then click on apply.

Note: you need to restart the system once the clean boot has been done then observe if the touchpad works or not, if the touchpad works fine without cursor jumping or hanging between using the system then you can enable each of the Microsoft applications one by one.

if still touchpad not working in windows even tried many steps then you can test the touchpad functionality in the BIOS setup.

How to test the touchpad functionality in BIOS setup.

1. Restart the System.
2. Press the F2 key or del key before you see the manufacturer’s logo.
3. Once you access the BIOS setup then you can just check whether the cursor moves fine without jumping.
4. Touchpad works fine in BIOS then you should reinstall the windows.
5. Touchpad doesn’t work even in BIOS setup then it is a hardware issue that needs touchpad replacement contact the local service store if the system is under warranty you can contact the system manufacturer’s support for touchpad replacement.