diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 74d1f76488..49e5cf3dc9 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -154,6 +154,7 @@
     "navbar_end": ["theme-switcher", "navbar-icon-links"],
     # add Algolia to the persistent navbar, this removes the default search icon
     "navbar_persistent": "algolia-searchbox",
+    "navigation_with_keys": False,
     "use_edit_page_button": True,
     "analytics": {
         "plausible_analytics_domain": "docs.pybamm.org",