Disable mouse keys beep.

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Disable mouse keys beep.

Chrono 0

The Mouse Keys setting, which lets you move the mouse using the numpad, plays a loud beep when Num Lock is pressed.

I have tried:

settings/accessibility/mouse/mouse keys: no option to disable sound

Control Panel/Ease of Access/Ease of Access Center/Set up Mouse Keys: No setting to disable the beep upon pressing Num Lock, only to disable the beep upon enabling/disabling Mouse Keys itself

Control Panel/hardware and sound/change system sound/sound scheme: no sound. This should disable pretty much all system sounds, but apparently not this one.

Disabling Toggle keys: It is not toggle keys

Turning on and off Mouse Keys: the sound does not play when Num Lock is pressed if Mouse Keys is disabled, proving that Mouse Keys is the source of the noise.

Disable beep in device manager, through some "non-plug and play drivers" thing: could not find "non-plug and play drivers", even with show hidden devices enabled.

The rest of this post is just Powershell attempts to disable the "beep" service, (with the exception of a sign-off at the end), which may or may not be completely unrelated.

running "sc stop beep" in powershell

get-service -name "beep" returns that the status of beep is:

Status Name DisplayName

StopP... Beep beep

this was recommended to stop all beeps, but it does not stop this one (or I'm doing something wrong, I am not familiar with PowerShell or the real technical side of computers.)

Here's further PowerShell (admin mode), incase beep is the correct service:

stop-service : Service 'beep (Beep)' cannot be stopped due to the following error: Cannot stop Beep service on computer '.'. At line:1 char:1

stop-service beep
- CategoryInfo : CloseError: (System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController:ServiceController) [Stop-Service], ServiceCommandException
- FullyQualifiedErrorId : CouldNotStopService,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.StopServiceCommand Status Name DisplayName

StopP... Beep beep PS C:\Windows\system32> Start-Service -Name Beep Start-Service : Failed to start service 'Beep (Beep)'. At line:1 char:1

Start-Service -Name Beep
- CategoryInfo : OpenError: (System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController:ServiceController) [Start-Service], ServiceCommandException
- FullyQualifiedErrorId : StartServiceFailed,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.StartServiceCommand Maybe the beep service isn't what I'm looking for? Not sure, since it failed to start/stop and I could not test if stopping it removed the beeps.

I haven't been able to find anything on the internet elsewhere to remove the beep from mouse keys on windows 11.

Thank you!

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Vikki-T 11,245 Microsoft External Staff Moderator

Hi Chrono,

Thank you for taking the time to document everything you’ve already tried in such detail. I understand how distracting that beep can be, especially when you need to keep Mouse Keys enabled. Based on what you described, the sound may be coming from Toggle Keys rather than the Mouse Keys sound option itself.

Please try the following:

Open Settings > Accessibility > Keyboard.
Find Toggle keys and make sure it is turned Off.
Expand the Toggle keys section, if available, and turn off the option that allows the shortcut to start Toggle Keys.
Test the Num Lock key again while Mouse Keys remains enabled.

Toggle Keys is the Windows accessibility feature that plays a sound when Caps Lock, Num Lock, or Scroll Lock is pressed. It can also be enabled accidentally by holding Num Lock for about five seconds.

The PowerShell “Beep” service is likely separate from this accessibility sound, so the service errors you received do not necessarily indicate a problem with your system.

If Toggle Keys is already off and the beep still occurs, could you confirm whether the sound also plays when Mouse Keys is temporarily turned off? That will help determine whether the sound is specifically tied to Mouse Keys or is being generated by the keyboard or its manufacturer’s software.

You can also refer to Microsoft’s guidance on making mouse, keyboard, and other input devices easier to use. Thank you so much for your understanding.

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Chrono 0 Reputation points

2026-09-25T19:18:33.3933333+00:00

I followed the path and verified that Toggle Keys is off. Pressing Caps lock does not make the sound.

Disabling Mouse Keys does indeed stop the noise from playing, so the sound is tied to Mouse Keys.

Original post has been edited to reflect these new attempts.

Good idea to isolate the issue, btw.

Thank you for the reply!
Vikki-T 11,245 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator

2026-09-26T11:04:27.93+00:00

Hi Chrono,

Thank you for checking that and for updating the original post with the results. That confirms Toggle Keys is not the source of the sound, and the fact that the beep stops as soon as Mouse Keys is disabled narrows it down specifically to Mouse Keys. Since the usual sound settings and the Beep service do not affect it, I would avoid making further service or registry changes.

At this point, I recommend reporting this through the Feedback Hub. You can press Windows key + F, describe that the Num Lock beep occurs only while Mouse Keys is enabled, and mention that Toggle Keys and the Windows sound scheme have already been ruled out. If possible, include a short recording of the behavior.

If it’s convenient, please consider marking the answer as the helpful, so other users facing the same issue can quickly find the work around. Thank you again for testing this so carefully and helping isolate the source of the sound.