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
- Option Two: Turn On or Off Toggle Keys in Settings
- Option Three: Turn On or Off Toggle Keys in Control Panel
- Option Four: Turn On or Off Toggle Keys using REG file
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)
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)
3 Turn On or Off (default) Toggle Keys for what you want on the right side. (see screenshot below)
4 You can now close Settings if you like.
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)
3 Check (on) or uncheck (off - default) Turn on Toggle Keys for what you want, and click/tap on OK. (see screenshot below)
4 You can now close the Control Panel if you like.
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
Download
(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
Download
(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 If you have Smart App Control turned on, you will need to unblock the downloaded REG file.
6 Double click/tap on the downloaded REG file to merge it.
7 When prompted, click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK to approve the merge.
8 Sign out and sign in to apply.
9 You can now delete the downloaded REG file if you like.
That's it,
Shawn Brink
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