This tutorial will show you how to change the touchpad four-finger tap gesture for your account in Windows 11.
If your Windows 11 device (ex: laptop) has a built-in precision touchpad, you can change the four-finger swipe gestures to do nothing, open search, open Notification center, Play/pause, or middle mouse button.
Contents
- Option One: Change Touchpad Four-finger Tap Gesture in Settings
- Option Two: Change Touchpad Four-finger Tap Gesture using REG file
- Option Three: Change Touchpad Four-finger Advanced Tap Gesture in Settings
1 Open Settings (Win+I).
2 Click/tap on Bluetooth & devices on the left side, and click/tap on Touchpad on the right side. (see screenshot below)
3 Click/tap on Four-finger gestures to expand it open. (see screenshot below step 4)
4 Select Nothing, Open search (default), Notification center, Play/pause, or Middle mouse button for what you want in the Taps drop menu. (see screenshot below)
5 You can now close Settings if you like.
1 Do step 2 (Nothing), step 3 (Open search), step 4 (Notification center), step 5 (Play/pause), or step 6 (Middle mouse button) below for what you want.
2 Change Touchpad Four-finger Tap Gesture to "Nothing"
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 7 below.
Change_touchpad_four-finger_tap_gesture_to_Nothing.reg
Download
(Contents of REG file for reference)
Code:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\PrecisionTouchPad]
"FourFingerTapEnabled"=dword:000000003 Change Touchpad Four-finger Tap Gesture to "Open search"
This is the default setting.
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 7 below.
Change_touchpad_four-finger_tap_gesture_to-Open_Search.reg
Download
(Contents of REG file for reference)
Code:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\PrecisionTouchPad]
"FourFingerTapEnabled"=dword:000000014 Change Touchpad Four-finger Tap Gesture to "Notification center"
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 7 below.
Change_touchpad_four-finger_tap_gesture_to_Notification_center.reg
Download
(Contents of REG file for reference)
Code:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\PrecisionTouchPad]
"FourFingerTapEnabled"=dword:000000025 Change Touchpad Four-finger Tap Gesture to "Play/pause"
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 7 below.
Change_touchpad_four-finger_tap_gesture_to_Play-pause.reg
Download
(Contents of REG file for reference)
Code:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\PrecisionTouchPad]
"FourFingerTapEnabled"=dword:000000036 Change Touchpad Four-finger Tap Gesture to "Middle mouse button"
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 7 below.
Change_touchpad_four-finger_tap_gesture_to_Middle_mouse_button.reg
Download
(Contents of REG file for reference)
Code:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\PrecisionTouchPad]
"FourFingerTapEnabled"=dword:000000047 Save the .reg file to your desktop.
8 Double click/tap on the downloaded .reg file to merge it.
9 When prompted, click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK to approve the merge.
10 Restart the computer to apply.
11 You can now delete the downloaded .reg file if you like.
1 Open Settings (Win+I).
2 Click/tap on Bluetooth & devices on the left side, and click/tap on Touchpad on the right side. (see screenshot below)
3 Click/tap on Advanced gestures. (see screenshot below)
4 Under Configure four-finger gestures, select the action you want in the Tap gesture drop menu. (see screenshot below)
5 You can now close Settings if you like.
That's it,
Shawn Brink
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