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A Dell laptop touchpad can also be referred to as a trackpad and for some reason can just stop working.
There are several reasons for your dell laptop touchpad not to work especially when it’s caused by common problems in windows 10.
If you really need to use your dell laptop right now and you are looking for alternative methods, I suggest you get an external mouse.
Today, I am going to sharing with you how to fix your dell laptop touchpad that refuses to work.
This tutorial will be applicable on windows 7, 8 and 10.
Before I get into that, allow me to show you a few reasons why your touchpad or trackpad stopped working
Here are the reasons why your trackpad can stop working on your Dell Laptop.
There are situations whereby your dell computer freezes and this can make you think there’s something wrong with your touchpad when it refuses to respond to your command.
If you don’t understand what it means for your dell computer to freeze, think of it like your dell computer is having a stroke. This situation can make everything on your computer to stop working for a short period of time.
In some cases, it could be longer.
The common way to fix this is simply by being patient till your computer recovers.
If you are sure you have been too patient and your dell computer is still frozen, you can resolve this quickly by force shutting down your dell laptop.
Here’s how to force shut down your dell laptop:
Press and hold your power button for 3 to 7 seconds
Restart your dell computer and hopefully, your dell touchpad should be working.
There are several things on your dell laptop that can turn off your dell laptop touchpad.
For example,
One of these things i mentioned above is what is causing your dell laptop touchpad to be disabled.
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If you need help unlocking your Dell laptop keyboard, click on the anchor text Dell laptop keyboard unlock for a step-by-step guide.
If there’s anything you were messing with among these option, then i believe you must have disabled your touchpad by mistake.
If you remember exactly what you did, you can go back and undo them.
But if you don’t remember what you did, I will show you how to enable your dell laptop touch driver specifically for all these things i mentioned.
Your dell laptop touchpad driver has an important role to play for your touchpad to work properly.
If your touchpad drivers is not well installed or outdated, it could cause your dell touchpad to stop working.
It’s important you always update your touchpad driver to avoid issues that can lead it to malfunction.
There are times when your touchpad can stop working right after you update. In this kind of case, you simply have to roll back to the previous update.
If you know how to update your touchpad driver properly, go ahead and do so.
If you can’t, i will show you how you can update or roll back to your previous driver below
Here’s how to fix your dell touchpad
I shared with you earlier the things that can cause your dell laptop touchpad to be disabled and now i am going to aslo share with you how to enable your dell trackpad specifically for everything i mentioned above.
Les’t start with the Fn lock
To enable your dell laptop touchpad with fn lock, we have to try different number of keys on your dell keyboard.
The reason we are trying different keys is that your dell laptop could be different from other people’s dell laptops and besides, what will for you you might not work for someone else and vice versa.
Follow this instruction
While holding the Fn key, press every function button which is the F keys located at the top of your dell keyboard. Look for the keys with a symbol on it that looks like it could be your touchpad to see if it switches back on.
NOTE – You might turn off your screen or something else, simply press that button again to undo any changes you don’t want.
If you are experiencing any Dell black screen issues, you may want to resolve the issues first before proceeding to the following method.
For example, Fn key + F6 or Fn Key + F7
You get the idea.
Just try any F key while holding fn Key to enable your Dell touchpad
There are some dell laptops with a small square logo or button at the top left corner of the dell laptop touchpad.
If your dell laptop have this logo or button,
Double-tap on it to enable and disable your touchpad.
Now test your touchpad
Here’s another method to disable it
Here’s how to update your touchpad driver on your dell laptop
If your dell touchpad is not working right after you updated then you simply need to roll back to the previous touchpad driver.
Here’s how to roll back to your previous driver on your dell laptop