How to Enable or Disable “Drag Two Fingers to Scroll” Touchpad Gestures on Windows 11 or 10?

The use of a touchpad instead of a mouse on Windows 11 or 10 for built-in gestures comes in handy. You will use two fingers together on the touchpad to scroll, so avoid holding and scrolling the mouse.

In this risewindows article, we will guide you on turning on and off the “Drag two fingers to scroll” touchpad gestures on Windows 11 and 10 by built-in Settings app or Registry Editor to configure this setting.

How to Enable or Disable “Drag Two Fingers to Scroll” on Touchpad on Windows 11 Settings?

Do these steps to turn on or off “Drag two fingers to scroll” on Touchpad on Windows 11 Settings:-

Step 1Open Windows 11 Settings or use (Win+I) shortcut.

Step 2. Pick the Bluetooth & devices in the left sidebar of the setting window.

Step 3. Click on the Touchpad tile on the right side.

Step 4. Hit on Scroll & zoom.

Step 5. To enable or disable the feature, check or uncheck the option Drag two fingers to scroll.

How to Turn On or Off “Drag Two Fingers to Scroll” on Touchpad on Windows 10 Settings?

Do these steps to turn on or off the “Drag two fingers to scroll” on the touchpad on Windows 10 Settings:-

Step 1Open Windows 10 Settings.

Step 2. Hit on Devices.

Step 3. Pick Touchpad in the left sidebar.

Step 4. To turn on or off the feature on your Windows 10 machine, check or uncheck the option “Drag two fingers to scroll” under the “Scroll and zoom” section on the right sidebar.

How to Enable or Disable “Drag Two Fingers to Scroll” on Touchpad 0n Windows 11 or 10 using Registry Editor?

Do these steps to turn on or off the “Drag two fingers to scroll” function on the touchpad on Windows 11 or 10 using Registry Editor:-

Step 1Open Registry Editor.

Step 2. Browse to the following key in the left sidebar of Registry Editor:-

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\PrecisionTouchPad

Step 3. Double-click on the PanEnabled REG_DWORD on the opposite side of the “PrecisionTouchPad” folder and set its “Value data” to the following:-

  • ffffffff: Enable drag two fingers to scroll.
  • 00000000: Disable drag two fingers to scroll.

Step 4. Hit OK.

Step 5. Reboot your PC to apply the changes.

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