Turn Off Pen And Windows Ink

To access sticky notes see get started with sticky notes.

Turn off pen and windows ink.

Choose the mapping tab then uncheck use windows ink. Locate the windows ink workspace icon here and set it to off. I was still getting some glitches in windows 10 where the wacom pen failed to left click. You can turn off windows ink in the wacom tablet preferences.

You can still use sticky notes to jot down reminders or note your ideas. 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. 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. 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.

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. In the settings screen click enabled and in the options drop down menu choose disabled. These steps are easy and will allow you to disable the windows ink workspace in just a few seconds. To do this head to settings personalization taskbar turn system icons on or off.

Now double click on allow windows ink workspace in the right part of the screen. Turn off 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. Sketchpad is only available in older releases of windows.

The previous windows ink workspace included sticky notes and sketchpad. This seemed to cure the problem.