Permanently disable Touchscreen in Windows 10 [Solution inside!]

In this forum there are a dozen threads that ask the same question: How can I permanently disable a defective touchscreen in a Windows 10 device so that I can continue using the device without being disturbed by the faulty signals from the touchscreen.

Unfortunately in none of those threads (at least not those I've found) the question is answered properly. Instead the helpers fantasize about the device manager (which doesn't work since Windows just reenables the disabled device at the latest when rebooting) and claim that there is no other solution in Windows.

Luckily there actually IS a solution which I'll explain now:

1. Open regedit
2. Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Wisp\Touch
3. Create a new DWORD (32 bit) with the name TouchGate
4. Doubleclik on the newly ceated DWORD and make sure it has the value 0

(0 = touch disabled, 1 = touch enabled)

After rebooting the touch functionality should be disabled permanently and therefore your problem solved.

(I could not give this solution to the already existing threads because unfortunately they have been closed with no correct answer... hope someone in the future finds this ...)

Thank you so much for posting this fix to a very annoying problem which cost me about 6hrs work time yesterday. Found your forum post in the night and applied this morning. All OK thank you.

Wow!!! It worked. Finally no more random bubbles. I wish I would have found this post before.

Hi,

I dropped the laptop (Asus) out two days ago, and when I open the device manager i don't find the USB input devices or HID touch screen driver.

Could anyone help me?... I have tried everything 

I presume because you can open device manager that the keyboard and mouse are working

have you tried plugging in a usb memory stick to see if it is detectected, then search for new devices

if nothing found probably a hardware failure, you have tried checking your drivers

Thank you! I nearly cried when this worked! My screen has a little chip at the bottom right that is really hard to see but it causes the touch screen to freak out. With that it causes even disabling the device hard, which I have to do everytime i turn on my computer.

In this forum there are a dozen threads that ask the same question: How can I permanently disable a defective touchscreen in a Windows 10 device so that I can continue using the device without being disturbed by the faulty signals from the touchscreen.

Unfortunately in none of those threads (at least not those I've found) the question is answered properly. Instead the helpers fantasize about the device manager (which doesn't work since Windows just reenables the disabled device at the latest when rebooting) and claim that there is no other solution in Windows.

Luckily there actually IS a solution which I'll explain now:

1. Open regedit
2. Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Wisp\Touch
3. Create a new DWORD (32 bit) with the name TouchGate
4. Doubleclik on the newly ceated DWORD and make sure it has the value 0

(0 = touch disabled, 1 = touch enabled)

After rebooting the touch functionality should be disabled permanently and therefore your problem solved.

(I could not give this solution to the already existing threads because unfortunately they have been closed with no correct answer... hope someone in the future finds this ...)

I want to thank you.  I have struggled for days.  Not only was my touchscreen acting up it was going crazy.  I could do nothing.  Every time I disabled it would not take long before it would enable again.  I have gone into the registry as you suggested, rebooted and for the last couple of hours everything is good.  I hope it continues.  I added the DWORD as you suggested.  I am always wary of messing with the Registry but I knew my computer was no good if I could not fix it.  AGAIN THANKS SO MUCH.