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.

A touch screen (or touchscreen) 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.

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 now lets you control whether pressing and holding your finger performs a right-click action on your touchscreen.

Option One

Enable or Disable Press and Hold for Right-clicking in Settings

1. Open Settings (press 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. You can now close Settings.

Option Two

Enable or Disable Press and Hold for Right-clicking in Control Panel

1. Open Control Panel (icons view). Click on the Pen and Touch icon.
2. Do these steps:
   • Click on the Touch tab.
   • Select Press and hold.
   • Click on Settings.
3. Check (to enable, which is the default) or uncheck Enable press and hold for right-clicking for what you want. Then click OK.
4. Click OK again.
5. You can now close Control Panel.

Option Three

Enable or Disable Press and Hold for Right-clicking using Registry

Enable Press and Hold for Right Clicking

This is the default setting.

reg add "HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWispTouch" /v TouchMode_hold /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f

Disable Press and Hold for Right-clicking

reg add "HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWispTouch" /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.