Accessibility Turn On or Off Touch Indicator in Windows 11

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This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off the touch indicator for your account in Windows 11.

A touch screen, or touchscreen, is an input device that enables you to interact directly with what is displayed, rather than using a mouse, touchpad, or other such devices (other than a stylus, which is optional for most modern touch screens).

If your device (ex: laptop or tablet) has a touch screen, you can turn on or off the touch indicator to show a circle on the screen for visual feedback when you touch the screen. If you turn on the touch indicator, you can make the circle darker and larger to see better if needed.


Contents

  • Option One: Turn On or Off Touch Indicator in Settings
  • Option Two: Turn On or Off Touch Indicator in Control Panel
  • Option Three: Turn On or Off Touch Indicator using REG file


EXAMPLE: Touch indicator circle and circle darker and larger

Touch_indicator_circle.png
Touch_indicator_circle_darker_and_larger.png





Option One

Turn On or Off Touch Indicator in Settings


1 Open Settings (Win+I).

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

Open Mouse pointer and touch settings

Touch_indicator-1.png

3 Turn on (default) or off Touch indicator for what you want. (see screenshots below step 4)

4 If you turned on Touch indicator, you can check (on) or uncheck (off - default) Make the circle darker and larger if wanted. (see screenshots below)

Touch_indicator-2.png
Touch_indicator-3.png

5 You can now close Settings if you like.




Option Two

Turn On or Off Touch Indicator in Control Panel


1 Open the Control Panel (icons view), and click/tap on the Pen and Touch icon.

2 Click/tap on the Touch tab. (see screenshots below)

3 Check (on - default) or uncheck (off) Show visual feedback when touching the screen (aka: Touch indicator) for what you want.

4 If you turned on Show visual feedback when touching the screen, you can check (on) or uncheck (off - default) Optimize visual feedback for projection to an external monitor (aka: Make the circle darker and larger) if wanted.

5 Click/tap on OK.

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

Touch_feedback-1.png
Touch_feedback-2.png





Option Three

Turn On or Off Touch Indicator using REG file


1 Do step 2 (on), step 3 (on darker and larger), or step 4 (off) below for what you want.

2 Turn On Touch Indicator

This is the default setting.


A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 5 below.​

Turn_ON_touch_indicator.reg​


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

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Cursors]
"ContactVisualization"=dword:00000001
"GestureVisualization"=dword:0000001f

3 Turn On Touch Indicator with Circle Darker and Larger

A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 5 below.​

Turn_ON_touch_indicator_with_circle_darker_and_larger.reg​


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

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Cursors]
"ContactVisualization"=dword:00000002
"GestureVisualization"=dword:0000001f

4 Turn Off Touch Indicator

A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 5 below.​

Turn_OFF_touch_indicator.reg​


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

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Cursors]
"ContactVisualization"=dword:00000000
"GestureVisualization"=dword:00000000

5 Save the .reg file to your desktop.

6 If you have Smart App Control turned on, you will need to unblock the downloaded REG file.

7 Double click/tap on the downloaded .reg file to merge it.

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

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

10 You can now delete the downloaded .reg file if you like.


That's it,
Shawn Brink


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Hello again, is this setting "On" belt default if I have no touch devices connected?
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 11 Home
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Custom(?)/ ASRock X670E PGLighting
    CPU
    AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 8-Core Processor
    Motherboard
    ASRock X670E PGLighting
    Memory
    Kingston Fury Beast 64GB (2x32GB) 6000MT/s DDR5 CL30 Desktop Memory | AMD Expo | Plug N Play | Kit of 2 | KF560C30BBEK2-64
    Graphics Card(s)
    GeForce GTX 1080 ARMOR 8G OC
    Sound Card
    N/A (Arctis Nova Pro Wireless USB DAC)
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    Acer Predator X34 (2015) 100Hz OC
    Screen Resolution
    3440x1440
    Hard Drives
    Corsair MP600 PRO NH 8TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive
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    EVGA SuperNOVA 850 G6 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply
    Case
    Fractal Design North ATX Mid Tower Case
    Cooling
    ARCTIC Liquid Freezer III 240 56.3 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler
    Keyboard
    60% Wired, Cherry MX Brown
    Mouse
    Logitech G Pro Wireless Superlight
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    1.2 GBPs (Xfinity) Ethernet (Cat 6e)
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    Google Chrome
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    Windows Defender
Parse1y said:
Hello again, is this setting "On" belt default if I have no touch devices connected?
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Hello, :alien:

You would normally not have any Touch settings available if your PC is not a touch device.
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • OS
    Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Custom self build
    CPU
    Intel i7-8700K 5 GHz
    Motherboard
    ASUS ROG Maximus XI Formula Z390
    Memory
    64 GB (4x16GB) G.SKILL TridentZ RGB DDR4 3600 MHz (F4-3600C18D-32GTZR)
    Graphics Card(s)
    ASUS ROG-STRIX-GTX1080TI-O11G-GAMING (11GB GDDR5X)
    Sound Card
    Integrated Digital Audio (S/PDIF)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    2 x Samsung Odyssey G75 27"
    Screen Resolution
    2560x1440
    Hard Drives
    1TB Samsung 990 PRO M.2,
    4TB Samsung 990 PRO M.2,
    TerraMaster F8 SSD Plus NAS
    PSU
    Seasonic Prime Titanium 850W
    Case
    Thermaltake Core P3 wall mounted
    Cooling
    Corsair Hydro H115i
    Keyboard
    Amazon Basics Wired Full Keyboard MD005
    Mouse
    Logitech MX Master 4
    Internet Speed
    2 Gbps Download and 100 Mbps Upload
    Browser
    Chrome and Edge
    Antivirus
    Microsoft Defender
    Other Info
    Logitech Z625 speaker system,
    Logitech BRIO 4K Pro webcam,
    HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP M477fdn,
    CyberPower CP1500PFCLCD
    Galaxy S23 Plus phone
  • Operating System
    Windows 11 Pro
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Surface Laptop 7 Copilot+ PC
    CPU
    Snapdragon X Elite (12 core) 3.42 GHz
    Memory
    16 GB LPDDR5x-7467 MHz
    Monitor(s) Displays
    15" HDR
    Screen Resolution
    2496 x 1664
    Hard Drives
    1 TB SSD
    Internet Speed
    Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 5.4
    Browser
    Chrome and Edge
    Antivirus
    Microsoft Defender
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