
Disable touchpad by using third party application So your touchpad is also turned off on startup. When you find the ETD control center, click on etd and click on disable option from the right sideĭisabling ETD on startup means that the ETD program won’t run when you restart your laptop, and your touchpad is controlled by ETD.Go to Startup (search in the tabs), and, locate the ETD control center (in the name section).To Open Task Manager Press Win + X and go to Task Manager or just simply press Ctrl + Shift + Esc.There are some laptops in which this program is installed, and you can disable your touchpad by disabling the ETD control center. By performing this shortcut you can disable trackpad on your laptop running on Windows 10 Disable Touchpad With the Help of ETD Control CenterĮTD control center or Elan Trackpad Device Control Center as the name describes it is a trackpad control center from where you can control your touchpad. All you need to do is, just press Fn + go to function key which has the touchpad icon over it. There are some laptops where you’ll find a shortcut key to disable your touchpad on the keyboard (In my laptop f9 shown in the image below). Now locate your touchpad from the list, right click on the touchpad ( in my laptop can Synaptics HID ClickPad) and click on Disable Device now click on yes to confirm.


