Identify your Surface Pen and features

Surface Slim Pen

Image of Surface Slim Pen with call out items.

Eraser and top button
LED Light
Right-click and select button
Pen tip

Find your Surface model to see which pen features will be available on your device. If you don't see your Surface listed, it isn't compatible with this pen.

Surface model	Supports pen and inking	Bluetooth connectivity	Magnet attach	Tilt
Surface Pro 3 Surface Pro 4	Yes, with 1024 pressure points	Yes	No	No
Surface Pro (5th Gen) Surface Pro 6 Surface Pro 7 Surface Pro 7+	Yes, with 4096 pressure points	Yes	No	Yes
Surface Pro X	Yes, with 4096 pressure points	Yes	Yes, with Surface Pro X Signature Keyboard	Yes
Surface Laptop (1st Gen) Surface Laptop 2	Yes, with 1024 pressure points	Yes	No	No
Surface Laptop 3 (all models) Surface Laptop 4 (all models)	Yes, with 4096 pressure points	Yes	No	Yes
Surface Laptop Go	No	Yes	No	No
Surface Book (all models)	Yes, with 1024 pressure points	Yes	No	No
Surface Book 2 (all models) Surface Book 3 (all models)	Yes, with 4096 pressure points	Yes	No	Yes
Surface 3	Yes, with 1024 pressure points	Yes	No	No
Surface Go Surface Go 2	Yes, with 4096 pressure points	Yes	No	Yes
Surface Studio Surface Studio 2	Yes, with 4096 pressure points	Yes	No	Yes
Surface Duo	Yes, with 4096 pressure points	No	No	No

Surface Pen with no clip

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Eraser and top button
LED light
Right-click and select button
Pen tip

Find your Surface model to see which pen features will be available on your device. If you don't see your Surface listed, it isn't compatible with this pen.

For info on changing the battery, go to Change Surface Pen batteries.

Surface model	Supports pen and inking	Bluetooth connectivity	Magnet attach	Tilt
Surface Pro 3 Surface Pro 4	Yes, with 1024 pressure points	Yes	Yes	No
Surface Pro (5th Gen) Surface Pro 6 Surface Pro 7 Surface Pro 7+	Yes, with 4096 pressure points	Yes	Yes	Yes
Surface Pro X	Yes, with 4096 pressure points	Yes	No	Yes
Surface Laptop (1st Gen) Surface Laptop 2	Yes, with 1024 pressure points	Yes	No	No
Surface Laptop 3 (all models) Surface Laptop 4 (all models)	Yes, with 4096 pressure points	Yes	No	Yes
Surface Laptop Go	No	Yes	No	No
Surface Book (all models)	Yes, with 1024 pressure points	Yes	Yes	No
Surface Book 2 (all models) Surface Book 3 (all models)	Yes, with 4096 pressure points	Yes	Yes	Yes
Surface 3	Yes, with 1024 pressure points	Yes	Yes	No
Surface Go Surface Go 2	Yes, with 4096 pressure points	Yes	Yes	Yes
Surface Studio Surface Studio 2	Yes, with 4096 pressure points	Yes	Yes	Yes

Surface Pen with single button on flat edge

Drawing of a Surface Pen with single button on flat edge, with key features marked with numbers 1 through 7 to correspond to the text key following the image

Eraser and top button
LED light
Cap
Clip
Magnet
Right-click and select button
Pen tip

Find your Surface model to see which pen features will be available on your device. If you don't see your Surface listed, it isn't compatible with this pen.

For info on changing the battery, go to Change Surface Pen batteries.

Surface model	Supports pen and inking	Bluetooth connectivity	Magnet attach	Til
Surface Pro 3 Surface Pro 4	Yes, with 1024 pressure points	Yes	Yes	No
Surface Pro (5th Gen) Surface Pro 6 Surface Pro 7 Surface Pro 7+	Yes, with 4096 pressure points	Yes	Yes	No
Surface Pro X	Yes, with 4096 pressure points	Yes	No	No
Surface Laptop (1st Gen) Surface Laptop 2	Yes, with 1024 pressure points	Yes	No	No
Surface Laptop 3 (all models) Surface Laptop 4 (all models)	Yes, with 4096 pressure points	Yes	No	No
Surface Laptop Go	No	Yes	No	No
Surface Book (all models)	Yes, with 1024 pressure points	Yes	Yes	No
Surface Book 2 (all models) Surface Book 3 (all models)	Yes, with 4096 pressure points	Yes	Yes	No
Surface 3	Yes, with 1024 pressure points	Yes	Yes	No
Surface Go Surface Go 2	Yes, with 4096 pressure points	Yes	Yes	No
Surface Studio Surface Studio 2	Yes, with 4096 pressure points	Yes	Yes	No

Surface Pen with two side buttons

Picture that calls out the different buttons on Surface Pen with clip.

Top button
Right-click and select button
Eraser button
Pen tip

Find your Surface model to see which pen features will be available on your device. If you don't see your Surface listed, it isn't compatible with this pen.

For info on changing the battery, go to Change Surface Pen batteries.

Surface model	Supports pen and inking	Bluetooth connectivity	Magnet attach	Tilt
Surface Pro 3 Surface Pro 4	Yes, with 1024 pressure points	Yes	No	No
Surface Pro (5th Gen) Surface Pro 6 Surface Pro 7 Surface Pro 7+	Yes, with 4096 pressure points	Yes	No	No
Surface Pro X	Yes, with 4096 pressure points	Yes	No	No
Surface Laptop (1st Gen) Surface Laptop 2	Yes, with 1024 pressure points	Yes	No	No
Surface Laptop 3 (all models) Surface Laptop 4 (all models)	Yes, with 4096 pressure points	Yes	No	No
Surface Laptop Go	No	Yes	No	No
Surface Book (all models)	Yes, with 1024 pressure points	Yes	No	No
Surface Book 2 (all models) Surface Book 3 (all models)	Yes, with 4096 pressure points	Yes	No	No
Surface 3	Yes, with 1024 pressure points	Yes	No	No
Surface Go Surface Go 2	Yes, with 4096 pressure points	Yes	No	No
Surface Studio Surface Studio 2	Yes, with 4096 pressure points	Yes	No	No

Microsoft Classroom Pen

Microsoft Surface Classroom Pen features

Right-click and select button
Eraser button
Pen tip

Find your Surface model to see which pen features will be available on your device. If you don't see your Surface listed, it isn't compatible with this pen.

For info on changing the battery, go to Change Surface Pen batteries.

Surface model	Supports pen and inking	Bluetooth connectivity	Magnet attach	Tilt
Surface Pro 3 Surface Pro 4	Yes, with 1024 pressure points	No	No	No
Surface Pro (5th Gen) Surface Pro 6 Surface Pro 7 Surface Pro 7+	Yes, with 4096 pressure points	No	No	No
Surface Pro X	Yes, with 4096 pressure points	No	No	No
Surface Laptop (1st Gen) Surface Laptop 2	Yes, with 1024 pressure points	No	No	No
Surface Laptop 3 (all models) Surface Laptop 4 (all models)	Yes, with 4096 pressure points	No	No	No
Surface Laptop Go	No	No	No	No
Surface Book (all models)	Yes, with 1024 pressure points	No	No	No
Surface Book 2 (all models) Surface Book 3 (all models)	Yes, with 4096 pressure points	No	No	No
Surface 3	Yes, with 1024 pressure points	No	No	No
Surface Go Surface Go 2	Yes, with 4096 pressure points	No	No	No
Surface Studio Surface Studio 2	Yes, with 4096 pressure points	No	No	No

Microsoft Classroom Pen 2

Diagram of the Microsoft Classroom pen 2 with certain features numbered.

Pen tip
Right-click and select button
Eraser button
Pen tip

Find your Surface model to see which pen features will be available on your device. If you don't see your Surface listed, it isn't compatible with this pen.

For info on changing the battery, go to Change Surface Pen batteries.

Surface model	Supports pen and inking	Bluetooth connectivity	Magnet attach	Tilt
Surface Pro 3 Surface Pro 4	Yes, with 1024 pressure points	No	No	No
Surface Pro (5th Gen) Surface Pro 6 Surface Pro 7 Surface Pro 7+	Yes, with 4096 pressure points	No	No	No
Surface Pro X	Yes, with 4096 pressure points	No	No	No
Surface Laptop (1st Gen) Surface Laptop 2	Yes, with 1024 pressure points	No	No	No
Surface Laptop 3 (all models) Surface Laptop 4 (all models)	Yes, with 4096 pressure points	No	No	No
Surface Laptop Go	No	No	No	No
Surface Book (all models)	Yes, with 1024 pressure points	No	No	No
Surface Book 2 (all models) Surface Book 3 (all models)	Yes, with 4096 pressure points	No	No	No
Surface 3	Yes, with 1024 pressure points	No	No	No
Surface Go Surface Go 2	Yes, with 4096 pressure points	No	No	No
Surface Studio Surface Studio 2	Yes, with 4096 pressure points	No	No	No

Identify your Surface Pen and features

Surface Slim Pen

Surface Pen with no clip

Surface Pen with single button on flat edge

Surface Pen with two side buttons

Microsoft Classroom Pen

Microsoft Classroom Pen 2

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