How to turn off tap function

[Donsteel1]

HI

I have new HP laptop that arrived today. HP 250 G7  i7 8565U    6MP37ES

I want to turn of the tap function on the touchpad and just use left and right clicking using the buttons.

I have looked in the usual place - Settings > devices> touchpad but there no  boxes to untick in any of the tabs.

Its the Synaptics SMBus touchpad.
thanks

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[omgitzdakota]

A quick Google search answered this. Go to Settings, then Devices, then Touchpad. In the 'taps' section, the option “Tap with a single finger to single-click," should be there, disable it. That should be it. Refer to https://www.howtogeek.com/441083/how-to-disable-or-enable-tap-to-click-on-a-pcs-touchpad/ for more info.

[Donsteel1]

Thanks for your input but no "taps section" or “Tap with a single finger to single-click," option are available at that location.

There is no  Synaptics tab in mouse/touchpad settings

[Donsteel1 · Accepted solution]

Ok I have managed to sort it.  Synaptics is a separate program (app) . Found it with search. All the  properties for the touch pad are there in settings 😁 They are not  accessible via settings>devices

BTW I am new to Win10 so maybe this is obvious to others

[omgitzdakota]

Glad you found it.