How to Turn On or Off Tap Touchpad with Two Fingers to Right-Click in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off the two-finger tap to right-click feature on your touchpad in Windows 11.

If your Windows 11 device (like a laptop) has a built-in precision touchpad, you can control this taps feature. You can turn it on or off based on what works best for you.

Reference:

Precision touchpad tuning (touchpad-tuning-guidelines) – This topic presents information about touchpad tuning capabilities in Windows 10 and beyond on learn.microsoft.com

Option One: Using Settings

Turn On or Off Tap Touchpad with Two Fingers to Right-Click in Settings

1. Open Settings (Win+I).
2. Click on Bluetooth & devices on the left side. Then click on Touchpad on the right side.
3. Click on Taps to expand that section open.
4. Check the box (on – this is the default) or uncheck the box next to Tap with two fingers to right-click based on what you want.
5. You can now close Settings.

Option Two: Using Registry Editor

Turn On or Off Tap Touchpad with Two Fingers to Right-Click Using Registry

Turn On “Tap with two fingers to right-click”

This is the default setting.

reg add "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\PrecisionTouchPad" /v TwoFingerTapEnabled /t REG_DWORD /d 0xFFFFFFFF /f

Turn Off “Tap with two fingers to right-click”

reg add "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\PrecisionTouchPad" /v TwoFingerTapEnabled /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f

Summary

You can easily control the two-finger tap to right-click feature on your Windows 11 touchpad. Use the Settings app for a simple approach, or use the Registry Editor if you prefer a more advanced method. Both options give you the same result.