# Turn off touchpad when Mouse Plugged In

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/turn-off-touchpad-when-mouse-plugged-in/129818
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [November 29, 2004, 12:17am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/turn-off-touchpad-when-mouse-plugged-in/129818 "2004-11-29T00:17:34Z")
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### Author: ![Yeldarb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/51bf81/32.png) [@Yeldarb](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Yeldarb)
#### Post date: [November 29, 2004, 12:17am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/turn-off-touchpad-when-mouse-plugged-in/129818/1 "2004-11-29T00:17:34Z")

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How can I turn off the touchpad on my laptop when I plug in a USB mouse? I can’t even disable it through the device manager… the “disable” button isn’t selectable. The only way I was able to turn it off was throught the BIOS, but this does me no good when I don’t have a mouse in (on the road).

Is there an app to do this?  
I’ve googled but to no avail.