kickstart your Chromebook, then verify your fingers and the screen are clean.
Below are all the fixes we recommend for an unresponsive touchscreen on a Chromebook.
How to Fix a Chromebook Touchscreen That Doesn’t Work
Restart the Chromebook.
Shut down your Chromebook, and thoroughly clean the screen using a lint-free cloth.
The steps are similar tocleaning the screen on an iPad.
Finish up by completely drying the screen with another microfiber cloth.
Clean and dry your hands.
If astylusortouchscreen-approved gloveswork on the screen, then your fingers must be to blame.
ensure the touchscreen isn’t off.
Chromebooks have the option to toggle the touchscreen on and off.
To activate the Chromebook touchscreen toggle, pressSearch+Shift+T.
You might need to enable a Chrome flag for this shortcut to work.
Navigate tochrome://flags/#ash-debug-shortcutsand enableDebugging keyboard shortcuts.
Reset your Chromebook to factory controls.
If your touch screen still doesn’t work, the next step is to reset it to factory configs.
A technician is best equipped to deal with this sort of hardware issue.
So, in both cases, its likely something related to the physical components of your equipment.
Causes of a Chromebook Touchscreen to Stop Working
Chromebooks are easy to use and easy to fix.
You might need to go tochrome://flags/#ash-debug-shortcutsand enabledebugging keyboard shortcutsto use it.
This option isn’t available on every Chromebook.
If thetouchpad on your Chromebook isn’t working, try pressing theEsckey several times.
Some Chromebooks have function keys that can turn the touchpad on and off.
If you have keyboard shortcuts enabled, pressSearch+Shift+Pto toggle the touchpad.
