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 ...)

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.

Thanks to MarkUK in this old thread - how to enter your Windows login password with a broken/defective screen - 

1. On the login screen, enter Windows Narrator mode to keep the focus on the login box (with a light blue outline) - this will allow you to type, despite the screen clicking crazily elsewhere.

>> NARRATOR: press Windows logo key+Ctrl+Enter (earlier versions of Windows, press Windows logo key+Enter) to toggle Narrator mode on/off.

2. After logging in, press Windows Key + X, then M, quickly => Device Manager.

3. Find "HID-compliant touch screen" to disable under Human Interface Devices section.

Then you can use your screen to apply the permanent fix in this thread. BIG thanks to david-cslu and others in this thread - my problem is now fixed. :-)

I cannot put into words how much I appreciate your assistance in helping me FINALLY get rid of the damn bubbles on my neighbor's HP laptop. It appears to have started with a Microsoft update, and like everyone else I tried numerous fixes, but to no avail. The real nightmare, is that my neighbor's husband, a retired doctor, is hospitalized with severe cognitive impairment, so I felt terrible that I couldn't help her out in some small way, by fixing the laptop.

At first, it looked like it was the mouse, but eventually it was narrowed down to some sort of conflict between the mouse and the touchscreen. I disabled and then removed removed the touchscreen, but the problem persisted, even though the touchscreen didn't show up in the list of Human Interface items. So, the touchscreen disabling wasn't even available.

I only mention this, in case something similar happens to someone else. After your reg-edit fix was applied everything is running perfectly. However, all of a sudden, the HID compliant touchscreen is once more listed in the Human Interface area of device manager. But, of course the reg-edit change overrides this and the mouse responds without issue.

Now my dear neighbor has one small positive to help lift her spirits.

Thank you again.

I edited the registry on the local machine like this and it worked very well. Only issue i noticed is that it seemed to affect the multigesture of my touchpad when 2 finger scrolling. So i changed my touchpad from 2finger scrolling to 1

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.  

I suspected I'd have to dive down into the detail but didn't have a clue where to start - the fix works very well.  The only tricky bit was doing the fix whilst the screen kept jumping around.  Note to Microsoft - it's fine to start off with "Disable the touchscreen" via Settings, but clearly when this doesn't work because the screen hardware is damaged you need to have also posted this type of regedit solution.  It shouldn't be left to the Microsoft Community.