How to Disable a Laptop Keyboard in Windows 10
If you want to disable your laptop keyboard in Windows 10, there are two safe methods: disable it in Device Manager or permanently uninstall it. Another technique is to force the keyboard to use a device driver that it can’t use, thus stopping it from working. We don’t recommend doing it, but if the other two methods don’t work, that is an option.
Use Device Manager to Disable the Keyboard
This is the safest and easiest solution to permanently turning off a laptop keyboard, but it might not work for every laptop. To disable a device in Device Manager:
Stop the Keyboard From Installing With Group Policy Editor
If you can’t disable the laptop keyboard, turn on a device installation restriction using the built-in Local Group Policy Editor to stop the keyboard from reinstalling every time your computer starts up. To do this, identify the keyboard’s hardware ID so that you’re only dealing with that one device. Then, tell the Local Group Policy Editor to prevent Windows from installing anything that matches that ID. If the keyboard still works, repeat steps 9 and 10 with any other hardware IDs listed. There’s a possibility that the one you used didn’t take. In that case, add every ID from the list to be sure. To undo this method, turn the keyboard on, return to the group policy editor, and set the policy to Not Configured. A reboot will then re-enable the laptop keyboard.
Use the Wrong Driver to Break the Keyboard
Updating a device with an incompatible driver is unorthodox and should usually be avoided. However, it’s a viable solution in this instance. When you install an incompatible driver for a keyboard, it ceases to function. If you want to re-enable the keyboard, repeat steps 1 and 2 but choose Search automatically for drivers instead.
