How To Reinstall The Touchpad Driver In Windows 10/11

Is the touchpad on your Windows 10/11 laptop not working properly? Do you have issues with the touchpad? This guide will show you how to fix touchpad issues in Windows 10 and 11 by reinstalling the touchpad driver.

When you have issues with the touchpad, you can consider resetting the touchpad settings to their defaults. If none of the available solutions help you fix the touchpad problem, you can consider reinstalling the touchpad driver.

Reinstall the touchpad driver on a Windows 10/11 laptop

This guide will show you how to reinstall the touchpad driver in Windows 10 and 11

Step 1: Open the Device Manager using the search function. Alternatively, right-click the Start menu button on the taskbar and then click the Device Manager option to open the same.

Step 2: In the Device Manager, look for Mice and other pointing devices and Human Interface Devices trees and expand the same to see your touchpad’s entry.

Step 3: Perform a right-click on the touchpad’s entry and click the Uninstall device option. If there are several entries, look for an entry with “touchpad” word.

Step 4: When you get the prompt, select the Attempt to remove the driver for this device option and then click the Uninstall button. Windows 10/11 will uninstall the touchpad driver. If the Attempt to remove the driver for this device option is missing, click the Uninstall button.

Step 5: Now that you have uninstalled the touchpad driver, it’s time to install a fresh touchpad driver again. To do that, go to Settings > Windows Update (Windows 11) or Settings > Windows & Security > Windows Update (Windows 10) and then click the Check for updates button to let Windows 10/11 download and install the correct touchpad driver.

Alternatively, you can download the touchpad driver from your PC manufacturer’s website and then run the installer to install the touchpad driver.