Devices Change Touchpad Click Sensitivity on Microsoft Surface Devices


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This tutorial will show you how to change the force required to click on a Precision Touchpad for your account on Microsoft Surface devices running Windows 11.

The click sensitivity setting specifies how hard you must press the touchpad to click.

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Contents

  • Option One: Change Touchpad Click Sensitivity in Settings
  • Option Two: Change Touchpad Click Sensitivity in Registry Editor




Option One

Change Touchpad Click Sensitivity in Settings


1 Open Settings (Win+I).

2 Click/tap on Bluetooth & devices on the left side, and click/tap on Touchpad on the right side. (see screenshot below)


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3 Select Low, Medium (default), or Heavy in the Click sensitivity drop menu for what you want. (see screenshot below)

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4 You can now close Settings if you like.




Option Two

Change Touchpad Click Sensitivity in Registry Editor


1 Open Registry Editor (regedit.exe).

2 Navigate to the key below in the left pane of Registry Editor. (see screenshot below)

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\PrecisionTouchPad

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3 In the right pane of the PrecisionTouchPad key, double click/tap on the ClickForceSensitivity DWORD value to modify it. (see screenshot above)

4 Click/tap on Decimal, type a number between 0 to 100 for the click sensitivity you want, and click/tap on OK. (see screenshot below)

0 = Low
50 = Medium (default)
100 = Heavy


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5 Close Registry Editor when finished.

6 Either sign out and sign in or restart the computer to apply.


That's it,
Shawn Brink


 
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