{"id":11250,"date":"2018-04-03T03:37:43","date_gmt":"2018-04-03T03:37:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/?p=11250"},"modified":"2018-04-03T03:41:11","modified_gmt":"2018-04-03T03:41:11","slug":"change-touchpad-sensitivity-in-windows-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/change-touchpad-sensitivity-in-windows-10\/","title":{"rendered":"2 Ways to Change Touchpad Sensitivity in Windows 10"},"content":{"rendered":"

“The touchpad on my laptop is way too sensitive. When I am typing, my thumbs hover over that pad, and frequently trigger it even though I don’t touch it. Is there any way to make the touchpad less sensitive?”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Touchpad is too sensitive? Is there a registry trick to adjust the touchpad sensitivity in Windows 10? In this tutorial we’ll show you 2 simple ways to change touchpad sensitivity in Windows 10.<\/p>\n

Method 1: Change Touchpad Sensitivity in Windows 10 from Settings App<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Press the Windows key + I together to open Settings app and go to Devices<\/strong>.\n

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  2. Select the Touchpad<\/strong> tab. On the right-side pane, you can click the Touchpad sensitivity<\/strong> drop-down box to adjust the sensitivity level of your touchpad.\n

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    After trying the various levels: Low sensitivity<\/strong>, Medium Sensitivity<\/strong>, High Sensitivity<\/strong> or Most Sensitive<\/strong>, you should know which level is appropriate.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Method 2: Change Touchpad Sensitivity in Windows 10 via Registry Editor<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    1. Press the Windows key + I together to open the Run box. Type regedit<\/strong> and hit Enter.\n

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    2. When the Registry Editor is launched, navigate to the following key:
      \nHKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\PrecisionTouchPad<\/code><\/li>\n
    3. Double-click the AAPThreshold<\/strong> value on the right-side pane, and change its value accordingly, depending on what sensitivity level you want to set:\n

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      • Most Sensitive: 0<\/li>\n
      • High Sensitivity: 1<\/li>\n
      • Medium Sensitivity: 2<\/li>\n
      • Low sensitivity: 3<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
      • Close the Registry Editor. Log off or restart your computer for the changes to take effect.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        “The touchpad on my laptop is way too sensitive. When I am typing, my thumbs hover over that pad, and frequently trigger it even though I don’t touch it. Is there any way to make the touchpad less sensitive?” Touchpad is too sensitive? Is there a registry trick to adjust the touchpad sensitivity in Windows […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,10,1894],"tags":[3730,3731],"class_list":["post-11250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-others","category-tips-tricks","category-windows-10","tag-change-touchpad-sensitivity-windows-10","tag-touchpad-sensitivity-windows-10"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11250","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11250"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11250\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11259,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11250\/revisions\/11259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}