Enable or Disable Toggle Keys Tone in Windows 11

This post describes steps to enable or disable the Toggle keys tone in Windows 11.

Windows 11 has a feature will allow you to play or hear a tone while pressing the Caps lock, Num lock, and Scroll lock keys on your keyboard.

You will hear tone if you intentionally or accidentally press these buttons or keys. This feature is handy and should make you aware that one of the keys has been enabled, which can be good, so you don’t end up typing everything in capital letters or turning off the Num lock.

However, if you don’t want to hear a tone every time one of these keys is pressed, Windows lets you quickly turn it off. Or, if you want to be reminded, go and enable it again.

Below is how to do that.

How to enable or disable Toggle Keys Tone in Windows 11

As described above, Windows has a feature that plays a tone while pressing Caps lock, Num lock, and Scroll lock.

Below is how to enable or disable it.

A quick way to turn on or off the Toggle keys tone in Windows is to use the shortcut below.

Press and hold the Num Lock for 5 seconds until you hear a tone. You will see a pop-up window appear.

If turning On, choose Yes to confirm.

Alternatively, one can use Windows Settings app to turn it on or off.

Windows 11 has a centralized location for the majority of its settings. As a result, everything can be done, from system configurations to creating new users and updating Windows from its System Settings pane.

To get to System Settings, you can use the Windows key + I shortcut or click on Start ==> Settings, as shown in the image below:

Alternatively, you can use the search box on the taskbar and search for Settings. Then select to open it.

Windows Settings pane should look similar to the image below. On the Windows Settings app, click Accessibility on the left, then select the Keyboard tile on the right pane, as highlighted in the image below.

On the Accessibility -> Keyboard settings pane, select the Toggle keys tile. Then toggle the button switch to the On or Off position to enable or disable.

That should do it! You can now close the Windows Settings app.

Conclusion:

• The Toggle Keys Tone feature in Windows 11 plays a tone while pressing the Caps lock, Num lock, and Scroll lock keys, providing a helpful alert for users.
• Users can enable or disable the Toggle Keys Tone using either a keyboard shortcut or the Windows Settings app, as per their preference.
• Accessing the settings through the Windows Settings app allows users to navigate to Accessibility -> Keyboard and toggle the button switch to enable or disable the Toggle Keys Tone.
• Following these simple steps, users can easily manage the audible alerts for their keyboard’s toggle keys based on their needs.