If your laptops touchpad is not working, then instead of go straight for a mouse, you should first try some fixes that will probably help your touchpad to come back to the normal.
It’s possible you’re one of those people who tend to ignore the touchpad on your laptop when it was not working and go straight for a mouse. There are a handful of common reasons that your touchpad might not be working, so try each of these troubleshooting tips until you get your laptop back up and running again before go for the mouse. Go through this article and some ways to check and fix your laptops touchpad.
Check if it is More than the Touchpad Frozen
When the first time you discover the touchpad of your laptop isn’t working, your first instinct might be to panic and go into troubleshooting mode exclusively for the touchpad. But before you go too far, you have to make sure that, the entire computer isn’t locked up. It’s possible the computer has crashed or frozen including the keyboard and touchpad in a way that nothing is working.
If the problem is your computer is frozen, then in that case, it’s probably a unusual one-off computer glitch. Force your computer to restart, usually by pressing and holding the power button until the screen resets and when it reboots, your touchpad will probably come back to the normal.
Make sure the Touchpad is not disabled by a function key
If your laptops touchpad is not working then look for a Function key that controls the touchpad. Many laptops include a function key combination that can toggles the touchpad on and off. If you press the Function key plus an F-key that can stop the keyboard. So, its relatively easy to disable the touchpad by accident, especially if you are trying to access a nearby function key combination.
- For a touchpad control you can look on your keyboard’s Function key row at the top the keyboard.
- If you see it, by pressing Function + that key to try toggling it back on.
- On some laptops, instead of the Function key you might need to press the Windows key, so be sure to try that as well.
Check to See if Any Other Accessory has Disabled the Touchpad
You can disable the Bluetooth temporarily on your laptop to make sure that another wireless controller isn’t disabling your laptops touchpad. If you have another accessory connected to your laptop, particularly a controller like a mouse, tablet, or external touchpad, then it might have disable your built-in touchpad automatically.
To make sure this is not the problem, unplug any USB devices which might be affecting your touchpad and also disable Bluetooth to disconnect wireless accessories.
- To disable bluetooth in Windows, click on Start and then click on ‘Settings,’.
- From settings click on ‘Bluetooth & Devices.’
- Finally, by swiping the button to the left turn off Bluetooth.
On MacBook
- On a Mac, click the Apple icon in the menu bar.
- Then click on ‘System Preferences.’
- After that click on ‘Bluetooth’ and then click on ‘Turn Bluetooth Off.’
Enable the Touchpad in Settings
If the touchpad has got disabled in Settings, then it won’t work you should check that.
- To check your touchpad is disabled in Windows, click Start and then go the Settings.
- Click on ‘Bluetooth & Devices’ and then click on ‘Touchpad.’
- By swiping the button to the right make sure that the Touchpad is turned on.
- If the touchpad is enabled but still it behaves strangely, then you should also explore the other options on this page to make sure the touchpad is not misconfigured.
On MacBook
If you are on a MacBook, then trackpad might be disabled on your MacBook. It might be disabled because it senses an external mouse, or it might be off when Mouse Keys are on. In the Mac’s Accessibility controls you can easily check the trackpad settings and turn it back on.
Update your Drivers
If nothing else has worked to solve your problem, then you can see if a software update can get the touchpad working again. There might be something amiss with your laptop’s touchpad drivers if it doesn’t appear to be a simple case of misconfigured settings,.
- On a Windows laptop, click on Start and then type “Device manager.”
- When you see Device Manager appear in search results, click on it.
- In the Device Manager window, expand Mice and other pointing devices and right-click on the touchpad entry and select ‘Update Driver.’
- Atlast, select ‘Search automatically for drivers’ and follow the instructions to update the touchpad drivers.
On MacBook
- If you’re on a MacBook, then on the menu bar, click on the Apple icon.
- Then click on ‘System Preferences.’
- After that click on ‘Software Update’ and if there is one available allow the update to install.
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