How to Enable or Disable “Tap Twice and Drag to Multi-Select” on Windows 11 or 10 Touchpad?

Windows 11 and 10 have a lot of Personalization, including the laptop’s built-in touchpad also. You can turn on and off the “Tap Twice and Drag to Multi-Select” on Touchpad on Windows 11 and 10.

Touchpad’s feature of “Tap twice and drag to multi-select” gives double-tap and drag the cursor to select multiple items. This setting is enabled by default on Windows 11 and 10; there are a lot of users who don’t find it helpful and want to disable it.

This risewindows article will guide you to turn on and off the “Tap twice and drag to multi-select” on Windows 11 or 10 Touchpad by built-in Settings app or Registry Editor.

How to Enable or Disable “Tap Twice and Drag to Multi-Select” Touchpad Option on Windows 11 Settings?

Following steps used to turn on or off the “Tap twice and drag to multi-select” touchpad feature using Windows 11 Settings:-

Step 1. Open Windows 11 Settings.

Step 2. Pick Bluetooth & devices in the left sidebar.

Step 3. Pick on Touchpad on the opposite of “Bluetooth & devices.”

Step 4. Under the “Taps” section, check or uncheck the option Tap twice and drag to multi-select to switch on or off this feature.

How to Allow or Block “Tap Twice and Drag to Multi-Select” Touchpad Feature on Windows 10 Settings?

The following steps are used to allow or block the “Tap twice and drag to multi-select” touchpad feature on Windows 10 Settings:-

Step 1. Open Windows 10 Settings.

Step 2. Pick on Devices.

Step 3. Choose Touchpad.

Step 4. Next, tick or untick Tap twice and drag to the multi-select option on the right side of the setting window to allow or block the feature.

How to Turn On or Off “Tap Twice and Drag to Multi-Select” Touchpad Feature on Windows 11 or 10 Registry Editor?

These steps are used to allow or block the “Tap twice and drag to multi-select” touchpad option using Windows 11 or 10 Registry Editor:-

Step 1. Open Registry Editor.

Step 2. Navigate 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 TapAndDrag REG_DWORD on the opposite of the “PrecisionTouchPad” folder.

Step 4. Set the “Value data” to the following:-

• 0: To allow “Tap twice and drag to multi-select.”
• ffffffff: To block “Tap twice and drag to multi-select.”

Step 5. Pick OK.

Step 6. Restart your computer to apply the changes.

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