Permanently disable Touchscreen in Windows 10 [Solution inside!]

Makes sense to apply globally of you have multiple user accounts.

THANK. YOU. SO. MUCH.

You don't understand have much time and effort I put into trying to write a script, creating a group policy, or finding how to disable the touch screen outside of the device manager. You are correct no other forums had the answer or what I was looking for. Only thing I did different was apply this fix to the LOCAL_MACHINE instead of CURRENT_USER so that it was permanent change but it worked perfect and I could not find this before. Thanks again!

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 have to sign in just to say THANK YOU. I've tried every possible suggestions I found but nothing works but this one.

hey david-cslu it is working perfectly. You are awesome.There is no solution of this issue on internet.

Thankyou.

I tried this. When I opened RegEdit this key was already there. I changed the value from 1 to 0 and rebooted the machine. I then opened Device Manager and when to Human Interface Devices and found the Touchscreen device ACTIVE! I was able to deactivate it but it's still just momentary. Once the user reboots, Windows seems to "find" the Touchscreen and re-activate it!

This is JUST WRONG, Microsoft!!! You really need to fix this ASAP. Users cannot use their computers when the touchscreen is defective and there is no way to permanently deactivate it because of your policy to reactivate found hardware!