Re: How to get touchpad settings back afer (oops!) disabling them?

Press Alt + F2
type xfce4-mouse-settings in the search bar
hit enter

use the tab keys to navigate to move the highlighted thing till *Devices*
or the *Touchpad* is selected.
Use right arrow key to switch over Touchpad tab if its not active.
Press tab until you highlight *Tap To Click* or enable *Touchpad Clicking*

Shivank Sharma

On Sat, Jul 18, 2026 at 4:40 PM Chris Green <[email protected]> wrote:

> I run Debian 13 with an xfce4 desktop and I've inadvertently diabled
> the touchpad settings.
>
> So I can't actually do anything! The touchpad moves the mouse pointer
> around the screen but clicking on anything does nothing.
>
> How can I reset the touchpad to defaults?
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