Sunday 5 March 2017

How to enable/turn on or Disable/turn off the On-screen Keyboard (OSK) in windows 10

Generally we use external keyboard for typing anything in our PC. But, it may be the situation when your keyboard is not working properly. In that situation a beautiful feature of windows 10 can help you. Windows 10 comes with a facility On-Screen Keyboard (OSK) which can be used by mouse and if you have a touch screen then by any pointing device. When you will open/enable On-screen keyboard in windows 10 then you will see a keyboard on your PC with all the standard keys available in your physical keyboard. You can easily use it and you can fulfill your purpose. So, it is very helpful when your keyboard is not working.

6 Methods to enable/turn on the On-screen Keyboard (OSK) in windows 10

There are six methods by which you can easily enable / turn on the On-screen Keyboard (OSK) in windows 10. We will discuss it one by one:

Method 1

Type on-screen keyboard in “search the web and windows” option situated in left bottom position of your window and press Enter. You will get an On-screen Keyboard (OSK). 

Method 2

In this method we will open On-screen Keyboard (OSK) through PC settings.
Step 1:  At first Go to start (windows icon) situated left in left-bottom of your window.

On-screen Keyboard (OSK) 1


Step 2: then go to Settings > Ease of Access

windows 10 Ease of access


Step 3: Now you have to choose Keyboard and move the slider to On position.

windows 10 Ease of access 2


Step 4: you will get an On-screen Keyboard (OSK) as below. 

On-screen Keyboard (OSK)


Method 3

In this method you have to press “Windows + U “key combination. > Start On-screen Keyboard.

Ease of access center



Method 4

In this method we will open On-screen Keyboard (OSK) with the help of Command Prompt.
Step 1:  At first press “Windows + X “ key combination and click on command prompt from the options.

Command Prompt osk


Step 2: Type osk in command prompt and press Enter. You will see On-screen Keyboard (OSK).

Command Prompt osk 2


Method 5

In this method we will open On-screen Keyboard (OSK) through “RUN “.
Step 1: Type RUN in search the web and windows option situated in left bottom position of your window and press Enter.
Step 2: Type osk in “RUN “  dialog box. Now you will see On-screen Keyboard (OSK) on your screen.

Method 6

Step 1:  At first Go to start (windows icon) situated left in left-bottom of your window.
Step 2: Type Windows Powershell in “search the web and windows” option situated in left bottom position of your window and press Enter.
Step 3: Windows powershell will open. Type osk and press Enter. You will get On-screen Keyboard (OSK).



Windows Powershell

How to Disable On-Screen Keyboard

Just like enabling, Disabling On-Screen Keyboard is very easy.

Step 1:  At first Go to start (windows icon) situated left in left-bottom of your window.
Step 2: then go to Settings > Ease of Access
Step 3: Now you have to choose Keyboard and move the slider to Off position.

In this way you can easily enable/turn on or Disable/turn off  On-screen Keyboard (OSK) in windows 10.



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