Devices Change Touchpad Haptic 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 Haptic Touchpad for your account on Microsoft Surface devices running Windows 11.

The click sensitivity setting specifies the relative sensitivity of the touchpad’s haptic click detection, if supported.

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Contents

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




Option One

Change Touchpad Haptic 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 Adjust the Click sensitivity slider left (less) or right (more) for what you want. (see screenshot below)

The Click sensitivity can be adjusted between 0 to 100. 50 is the default setting.


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4 You can now close Settings if you like.




Option Two

Change Touchpad Haptic 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)

The default click sensitivity setting is 50.


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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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