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.

Turn off pen and windows ink.

This seemed to cure the problem. Choose the mapping tab then uncheck use windows ink. 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.

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. Locate the windows ink workspace icon here and set it to off. Ian paul activate the ink workspace with a right click. Follow the steps below to disable windows ink in windows 10.

If you don t have a digital pen or you want to remove the windows ink workspace icon from your taskbar there are two very simple ways to disable windows ink workspace in windows 10. You can still use sticky notes to jot down reminders or note your ideas. Nevertheless microsoft makes it possible for non pen users to turn on the ink workspace in windows 10 and check it out. In the settings screen click enabled and in the options drop down menu choose disabled.

To do this head to settings personalization taskbar turn system icons on or off. Sketchpad is only available in older releases of windows. 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.

To access sticky notes see get started with sticky notes. Turn off windows ink.