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Do you find yourself not using the touch screen on your Chromebook? Well, you can turn it off! Once you enable the ChromeOS debugging options, you can use quick keyboard shortcuts to disable certain hardware components, including your touch screen and touchpad. This wikiHow guide will show you how to quickly turn off the touch screen on a Chromebook.

Things You Should Know

  • Open the Google Chrome web browser on your Chromebook to get started.
  • Navigate to the debugging settings by going to chrome://flags/#ash-debug-shortcuts and locating the debugging keyboard shortcuts option.
  • Restart your computer and press Shift + Search + T and disable the touch screen.
  1. 1
    Open Google Chrome on your Chromebook. The Google Chrome icon looks like a small blue circle in a larger multicolor circle.
  2. Then press enter on your keyboard to open the flags menu. [1]
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  3. This will open a drop-down menu with the option to enable the shortcuts. [2]
  4. Now the debugging keyboard shortcuts will be activated next time you restart your Chromebook. [3]
  5. This blue button will appear after changing the “Debugging keyboard settings” to “Enabled.” [4]
  6. This will disable touch screen. To enable touch screen, press the shortcut combination again. [5]
    • Now you can get back to work (or watching videos)! Try splitting your screen and using the Search key to increase your productivity.
    • If you also want to disable the touchpad, such as when you're using a mouse with your Chromebook, press Shift + Search + P . Pressing this combo a second time will reenable the touchpad.
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