Turn Off Pen And Windows Ink

The previous windows ink workspace included sticky notes and sketchpad.

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. Locate the windows ink workspace icon here and set it to off. Turn off windows ink. To access sticky notes see get started with sticky notes.

This seemed to cure the problem. Follow the steps below to disable windows ink in windows 10. Sketchpad is only available in older releases of windows. To do this head to settings personalization taskbar turn system icons on or off.

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. Choose the mapping tab then uncheck use windows ink. Nevertheless microsoft makes it possible for non pen users to turn on the ink workspace in windows 10 and check it out.

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. I was still getting some glitches in windows 10 where the wacom pen failed to left click. 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. Now double click on allow windows ink workspace in the right part of the screen.

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. You can turn off windows ink in the wacom tablet preferences.