Stop the Sticky Keys pop-up when you press Shift five times — via Microsoft Learn
Pressing Shift five times (easy to do in games) opens a Sticky Keys prompt. You can switch off just the shortcut while keeping Sticky Keys itself available.
Takes effect right away
The easy way
- The easy way: Settings → Accessibility → Keyboard → Sticky keys → turn off Keyboard shortcut for Sticky keys.
Registry change
Double-click a .reg file and confirm to merge it. Right-click → Edit first if you want to read it, which is always a good idea with any .reg file from the internet.
Apply
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
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[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Accessibility\StickyKeys]
"Flags"="506"Undo
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
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[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Accessibility\StickyKeys]
"Flags"="510"Same thing from a command prompt
Run in a normal (non-admin) Command Prompt or Terminal.
reg add "HKCU\Control Panel\Accessibility\StickyKeys" /v "Flags" /t REG_SZ /d "506" /fUndo:
reg add "HKCU\Control Panel\Accessibility\StickyKeys" /v "Flags" /t REG_SZ /d "510" /fThe Settings toggle is the recommended way and applies immediately; the registry value is read at sign-in. The 510 (default) and 506 (shortcut off) values come from a 2007 Microsoft blog post, so check your current Flags value first and note it down: if it isn't 510, use the Settings toggle instead.Sources
- Windows settings backup and restore catalog — Keyboard shortcut for Sticky keys — by Microsoft Learn
- StickyKeys — by Windows Embedded team, Microsoft (archived blog)
- Disabling Shortcut Keys in Games — by Microsoft Learn
- Source reviewed
- 2026-11-02
- Link checked
- 2026-11-02
- Tested hands-on
- Not by Oddbyte.Me
Oddbyte.Me hasn't tried this on every Windows build, so keep the undo handy.