How to Enable or Disable Press and Hold for Right-clicking in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable press and hold for right-clicking in Windows 11.

What is a Touchscreen?

A touch screen is a screen you can touch with your finger to control your computer. It works instead of using a mouse or touchpad.

When you press and hold on a touchscreen, it’s the same as right-clicking with a mouse.

Why Change This Setting?

If your device (like a laptop or tablet) has a touchscreen, you can turn press and hold on or off for right-clicking. Windows 11 lets you control whether pressing and holding your finger performs a right-click action on your touchscreen.

Option One: Using Settings

Steps to Enable or Disable Press and Hold for Right-clicking

1. Open Settings by pressing Win+I on your keyboard.
2. Click on Bluetooth & devices on the left side. Then click on Touch on the right side.
3. Click on Additional touch settings to expand it.
4. Turn Enable press and hold to perform a right-click equivalent on (default) or off depending on what you want.
5. Close Settings.

Option Two: Using Control Panel

Steps to Enable or Disable Press and Hold for Right-clicking

1. Open Control Panel in icons view. Click on the Pen and Touch icon.
2. Click on the Touch tab.
3. Select Press and hold.
4. Click on Settings.
5. Check (to enable, which is the default) or uncheck Enable press and hold for right-clicking for what you want. Then click OK.
6. Click OK again.
7. Close Control Panel.

Option Three: Using Registry

⚠️ Admin privileges required

Enable Press and Hold for Right-clicking

This is the default setting.

reg add "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Wisp\Touch" /v TouchMode_hold /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f

Disable Press and Hold for Right-clicking

reg add "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Wisp\Touch" /v TouchMode_hold /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f

Summary

You now know three ways to control press and hold for right-clicking on your touchscreen in Windows 11. You can use Settings, Control Panel, or the Registry to turn this feature on or off based on your preference.