Hannah Stryker / How-To Geek
The caps lock key is a remnant of typewriters dating from the nineteenth century. Unless you’re in the accounting department, it’s probably not very useful, so today we’ll learn how to disable it, or remap it to something else that’s more useful.
A lot of people tend to use Caps Lock like a Shift key, so an easy method that some people prefer is to swap it with Shift—but a more interesting idea is to remap it to the Ctrl key since it’s a lot easier to hit the Caps Lock key without moving your typing hand position from the home row than it is to hit the regular Ctrl key.
Did you know you can also disable or remap Caps Lock on your iPad, Mac, or even your Chromebook?
How To Disable or Remap the Caps Lock Key in Windows Using PowerToys
The easiest way to change the Caps Lock key is by downloading Microsoft’s PowerToys and using the built-in Keyboard Remapper to remap the Caps Lock key to something else. First, you’ll need to have installed PowerToys…
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