How to Disable Trackpad's Swipe Feature on Mac

This step-by-step guide explains how to disable trackpad's swipe feature on mac. It covers the required setup, the main actions, and the checks that help prevent common problems.

With Macs, using Trackpad will give us a lot of convenience. You just need to perform simple operations, such as swipe right or left with 4 fingers to open Mission Control interface, zoom in or out on Trackpad to stretch the frame to the desired point, drag two fingers from Right edge on Trackpad to appear Notification Center.

For example, on Safari or other browsers, swipe 2 fingers on Trackpad to go back or open the next page.

However, many people don't like Trackpad's acumen, especially when accessing the web browser, because they make them jump on the screen. And this will cause discomfort for some people when using. So how can I disable Trackpad slider on a Mac? If the reader is still trying to fix it, please refer to our article below.

Step 1

Start by opening System Preferences On your computer and then select the Trackpad Item directly below.

Step 2

Next in the Trackpad interface, select the More Gestures Tab above. At the interface below, we will Uncheck the optionSwipe between pages To disable the feature to swipe to the next page when accessing the Trackpad browser.

In addition, we can choose to remove other Trackpad features when unchecking the items below.

Step 3

If you still want to use this feature but don't use it regularly, then we can set it up effectively using 3 fingers, for example.

In the Swipe between pages section, select The drop-down arrow And select Swipe with three fingers . Thus, when we use the 2-finger operation, we will not activate the Trackpad's swipe feature.

Above is the operation to change Trackpad feature on Mac is straightforward. It is possible to disable this feature if you do not want to use it. Or change the previous performance of a Trackpad feature with the options available. Try setting and adjusting Trackpad on the Mac to suit your own usage, with the tutorial above.

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