Windows 10: Disable touchpad gestures for certain apps

Discus and support Disable touchpad gestures for certain apps in Windows 10 Customization to solve the problem; I would like to disable touchpad gestures in this case pause/play, next song, etc. for certain apps. I have recently bought a new laptop Lenovo Ideapad... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Customization' started by xjeanineet, Sep 6, 2021.

  1. Disable touchpad gestures for certain apps


    I would like to disable touchpad gestures in this case pause/play, next song, etc. for certain apps. I have recently bought a new laptop Lenovo Ideapad Flex 5 and now, gestures apply to more than one app. On my old laptop, this was limited to Spotify, meaning that I could always use them to pause my music, but now, it also picks up YouTube videos playing in Chrome and pauses those with the gestures. I would like to change this to just Spotify and thus disable gestures for Chrome. Is this possible and could someone explain to me how I could do this?

    :)
     
    xjeanineet, Sep 6, 2021
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  2. Anne Ros Win User

    Disabling touchpad gestures in Windows 10

    Hi Andrzej,

    Precision touchpad is one of the improvements recently brought to Windows 10 to support touch gestures. Is you device running on Windows Creators Update? If yes, follow the steps below to disable touchpad:

    • Go to Settings.
    • Select Ease of Access.
    • Click Touchpad.
    • Under Touchpad, toggle the switch on or off.
    • You can also uncheck the box beside Leave touchpad on the when a mouse is connectedoption to disable it when you use a traditional mouse.
    Once done with the steps above, check if the issue will persist.

    Let us know if you need further assistance.
     
    Anne Ros, Sep 6, 2021
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  3. Disabling Windows 10 Touchpad Gestures/Swipes

    Hello Neil,

    Thank you for posting your concern in Microsoft Community and welcome to the Windows 10 Family.

    From the description provided, I understand that you want to disable the track pad gestures in Windows.

    Please be informed that this feature to interact with Windows is an inbuilt feature and depends on the brand and model of touchpad. So, it is not possible to disable the gesture feature of the touchpad you are referring to.

    However, I suggest you to post your valuable feedback about Windows 10 in feedback app. So, that it will be helpful for the developers to integrate the changes suggested by you.

    Open start menu, type Feedback app in search bar and click on feedback app to open it. Post your suggestions in feedback app.

    Hope it helps.

    Thank you.
     
    Sayan_Ghosh, Sep 6, 2021
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  4. Disable touchpad gestures for certain apps

    Disable Three Finger Gesture of touchpad

    Hi,



    Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.



    I understand that you want to disable the three-finger gesture on your PC. For further clarity on the issue, please respond to the question below.



    1. What is the exact model of the PC?
    2. Which build version of Windows 10 are you using currently?


    Refer the article
    Which version of Windows operating system am I running?




    I would suggest you to refer the section Navigating using multi-finger gestures and the sub-sectionNavigating within applications using Three-Finger Flick
    from the article
    HP Notebook PCs - Using the TouchPad or ClickPad (Windows 10)
    to disable the Three Finger gesture.



    Note: The article talks about enabling the gesture, to disable the gesture we need to make sure the box next to Three Finger gesture is unchecked.



    Regards,

    Prakhar Khare

    Microsoft Community – Moderator
     
    Prakhar_Khare, Sep 6, 2021
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