Accessibility Turn On or Off Toggle Keys Tone in Windows 11


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This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off Toggle Keys for your account in Windows 11.

Toggle Keys causes a tone to sound when you press the Caps Lock, Num Lock, or Scroll Lock keys.


Contents





Option One

Turn On or Off Toggle Keys using Keyboard Shortcut


1 Press and hold the Num Lock for 5 seconds until you hear a tone.

2 If turning on Toggle Keys, click/tap on Yes to confirm. (see screenshot below)

Toggle_Keys_num_lock_shortcut.png





Option Two

Turn On or Off Toggle Keys in Settings


1 Open Settings (Win+I).

2 Click/tap on Accessibility on the left side, and click/tap on Keyboard on the right side. (see screenshot below)


Toggle_Keys_Settings-1.png

3 Turn On or Off (default) Toggle Keys for what you want on the right side. (see screenshot below)

Toggle_Keys_Settings-2.png

4 You can now close Settings if you like.




Option Three

Turn On or Off Toggle Keys in Control Panel


1 Open the Control Panel (icons view), and click/tap on the Ease of Access Center icon.

2 Click/tap on either the Make the keyboard easier to use or Make it easier to focus on tasks settings link. (see screenshot below)

Toggle_Keys_Control_Panel-1.png

3 Check (on) or uncheck (off - default) Turn on Toggle Keys for what you want, and click/tap on OK. (see screenshot below)

Toggle_Keys_Control_Panel-2.png

4 You can now close the Control Panel if you like.




Option Four

Turn On or Off Toggle Keys using REG file


1 Do step 2 (on) or step 3 (off) below for what you would like to do.

2 To Turn On Toggle Keys

A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.

Turn_on_Toggle_Keys_tone_for_current_user.reg


(Contents of REG file for reference)
Code:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Accessibility\ToggleKeys]
"Flags"="63"

3 To Turn Off Toggle Keys

This is the default setting.


A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.

Turn_off_Toggle_Keys_tone_for_current_user.reg


(Contents of REG file for reference)
Code:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Accessibility\ToggleKeys]
"Flags"="62"

4 Save the REG file to your desktop.

5 Double click/tap on the downloaded REG file to merge it.

6 When prompted, click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK to approve the merge.

7 Sign out and sign in to apply.

8 You can now delete the downloaded REG file if you like.


That's it,
Shawn Brink


 

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