If you’ve accidentally enabled the Narrator feature in Microsoft Windows 10 and hear a narrator voice when you type, start your computer, or mouse over an item. You can turn it off with a simple setting. Here’s how it’s done.
Quick Method
- Hold the Windows Key and press “Enter“.
Long Method
- Select “Start” > “Settings“.
- Open “Ease of Access“.
- Select “Narrator“.
- Toggle “Narrator” to “Off“.
Dan says
You can also go to task manager and shut it down manually, (the options were not working for me,) I believe it is called “Text Recognition”, or something to that effect, it was not listed as “Narrator”
mv says
Concise to the point no extraneous info PERFECT And info like this is good for a very long time
Rich says
I have the same problem as Jess — the F’er keeps turning itself back on. I’m forced to either run with my speaker turned off or consider jumping in front of a train. This is driving me NUTS!!!!!! I turn off both “Start Narrator automatically” and “Narrator” but, when I return to the setting, “Narrator” is turned back on. I hate when Windows won’t listen to me…
Brian says
OMG! THANK YOU soooo much! My cat is able to enable features on my keyboard that I had no idea existed! Augh! I had to figure out that this feature was even called “Narrator.” Thank you so much for your short cut solution. My sanity — for the time being — is saved!
ephir nath says
Thanks for this the narrator was so annoying, you saved the day. thanks.
jeff says
Thank you, that voice was annoying
William says
I try all actions above mentioned, no use for my PC which use Win 10.
By chance I found Narrator control with help actions
Hold Caps Lock, then press Esc to exit it
John Alexander says
The voice recognition module is visible and at the top of the screen. How can I turn it off and remove it from my monitor’s screen? I click on it and I get the chime sound but it is frozen there.
Chris says
And below “To turn narrator off with a touchscreen…..”
Be sure to toggle ‘off’ for Start Narrator automatically!!!!!*<};?)
vbk says
SO was not just me then? MS needs to make this feature easy to turn on for those who need it but not so easy that the rest of us turn it on in error.
chris gilbert says
I previously responded saying there was no toggle. Well, this is true if you go thru Start, all Apps, Windows Accessories, Narrator. Clicking on it will turn it on but never off. I see now if I go thru Start, Settings, Narrator, there is a toggle.
Jess says
What if it keeps turning itself back on. I click to turn it off and it turns itself right back on. FRUSTRATING….
Vic Evans says
That really does not help me at all. I use my computer with a mouse and onscreen keyboard so often when I go to turn on the on screen keyboard at login, I accidentally turn on narrator so I want to permanently KILL it. Also it would be nice if I can permanently enable the on screen keyboard so it is there when I boot up.
Marlene Z says
Thank you for the instructions on how to mute that voice.
saydie says
Oh thank God. A half hour of\f this was enough to make me want to bang my head o the screen.
saydie says
Oh, thank god.
Joanne says
Ur a lifesaver. Thought I had to go “APPLE” and chuck any and all Windows products.