Turn Off Pen And Windows Ink

To do this head to settings personalization taskbar turn system icons on or off.

Turn off pen and windows ink.

There are multiple ways to disable windows ink workspace but the quickest way to completely turn off the experience is by using the local group policy editor that s of course if you re using. You can turn off windows ink in the wacom tablet preferences. Turn off windows ink. Sketchpad is only available in older releases of windows.

You can still use sticky notes to jot down reminders or note your ideas. Follow the steps below to disable windows ink in windows 10. The previous windows ink workspace included sticky notes and sketchpad. If you have a touch enabled device and are using a digital pen by default it starts drawing immediately when the pen hits the document canvas.

In the settings screen click enabled and in the options drop down menu choose disabled. If you don t plan on using a pen with windows 10 and you want to get the windows ink workspace off your taskbar you can turn it off just like you d turn off other system icons. Nevertheless microsoft makes it possible for non pen users to turn on the ink workspace in windows 10 and check it out. Choose the mapping tab then uncheck use windows ink.

Ian paul activate the ink workspace with a right click. This seemed to cure the problem. I was still getting some glitches in windows 10 where the wacom pen failed to left click. Now double click on allow windows ink workspace in the right part of the screen.

You can turn off this behavior to make the pen work as a stylus by default and only ink when in draw mode on the draw tab. These steps are easy and will allow you to disable the windows ink workspace in just a few seconds.