How to Turn Off Touchpad when you Connect a Mouse to your Windows 11?

In this video, we will guide you on disabling Touchpad when you Connect a Mouse to your Windows 11. If you use a Windows 11 laptop, you know the use of an integrated touchpad. You can use the touchpad as an alternative to the external mouse. When you connect a mouse to your Windows 11 laptop, the touchpad remains active, and you can use either touchpad or mouse for navigation or another specific task on your computer. However, in some cases, when both (mouse and touchpad) are active, you may run into situations where you accidentally move the mouse pointer simply by resting your palm on the touchpad of your device. This behavior may be annoying, and you might want to disable the touchpad when connecting a mouse to your Windows 11. Luckily, Windows 11 offers a built-in setting that allows you to disable the touchpad when you connect an external mouse. Windows 11 automatically turns off the touchpad when it finds an external mouse. And when you remove the external mouse from your PC, the touchpad will automatically be activated. So, there is no need to disable the touchpad on your computer when not in use. How to Automatically Turn Off Touchpad when you Connect a Mouse to your Windows 11 PC? To automatically disable the touchpad when you connect a mouse to your Windows 11, First, open the Settings app using Windows + I keys on the keyboard or any other you prefer to use. Then, select Bluetooth & devices on the left side of the Settings window. On the right sidebar of “Bluetooth & devices,” click on the Touchpad tile. Now, click on the Touchpad header to expand it. Finally, uncheck the “Leave touchpad on when a mouse is connected” option.