The keyboard is one of the primary peripherals of a PC and it needs to work properly if you’re going to have any meaningful interaction with your computer. But if a few keys are malfunctioning, you may have no choice but to disable the keyboard.
A keyboard is fundamental to the way most people use a laptop, but it’s not necessary all the time. If you have a touchscreen device and aren’t planning on typing for a few hours, it can actually do more harm than good.
Since the keys of laptops’ inbuilt keyboards are far smaller than the keys present in the external ones, the latter provides a more comfortable typing experience.
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- Unless your keyboard’s keys are glitching and causing major annoyances, there’s very little need to disable your laptop’s keyboard.
- Most USB laptops should work with your Windows 11 laptop.
- Another alternative is to connect a wireless Bluetooth keyboard when your main one is broken.
- If you’re using a Surface laptop/tablet two-in-one device, you can physically remove the Type Cover keyboard whenever it breaks or glitches.
- Windows 11 has a built-in on-screen keyboard that you can use with a mouse or with touch if your device has a touch screen.
Apart from the comfort, many users use an external keyboard when their laptop’s keyboard is broken or not working. If you are also using an external keyboard on your laptop, you may want to disable your laptop’s built-in keyboard to preserve battery life.
How to temporarily disable a laptop keyboard
To temporarily disable the keyboard on your laptop, you’ll just need to uninstall the necessary drivers. This will remain the case until you restart the device, at which point the drivers will automatically be reinstalled:
Step i: Open the Start menu and type ‘device manager’ into the search bar
Step ii: Open the Device Manager, then find the ‘Keyboards’ heading and double-click it
Step iii: You should see two or three drivers listed here. Right-click each one and choose ‘Uninstall’ or ‘Uninstall device’
Disable Laptop Internet Keyboard using Group Policy
1. First of all, open Device Manager on your Windows 11 and expand the Keyboard section. Now right click on the internal keyboard and select Properties.
2. Switch to the Details tab and select Hardware Ids on the Property drop-down menu. Now, right-click on the first entry on the Value and select the Copy option.
3. Now press Windows Key + R button to open the RUN dialog box. On the RUN dialog box, type in gpedit.msc and hit the Enter button.
4. On the Local Group Policy, navigate to the path:
5. On the right, find and double click on the Prevent installation of devices that match any of these device IDs.
6. In the Show Contents dialog box, double click on the blank space and paste the hardware ID
7. Once done, click on the Ok button and then on the Apply.
8. Now open the Device Manager, and expand the Keyboards. Right-click on your internal keyboard and select the Uninstall device option.
Download and Use the KeyTweak App
Step 1: Open your browser and run a Google search for KeyTweak.
Step 2: download the KeyTweak app.
Step 3: Click on the Download button to.
Step 4: In the window that opens, click on I Agree to agree with the terms and conditions and proceed.
Step 6: Now, go to Start and type keytweak in the Windows search bar.
Step 7: Now, in the KeyTweak app, the keys are numbered and hence, place the cursor on each key to find the key you want to disable.
Step 8: As you select the number, it shows which key you selected at the bottom, under the Keyboard Controls.
Here, you can see the Key Selected and to which letter or symbol it’s mapped to.
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