Devices Change Touchpad Scrolling Direction in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to change the touchpad scrolling direction to have down motion scrolls up or down for your account in Windows 11.

If your Windows 11 device (ex: laptop) has a built-in precision touchpad, you can change the scrolling direction to have down motion scrolls up or down.

Windows uses reverse scrolling by default, but you can use natural scrolling if wanted.

Reverse scrolling (Down motion scrolls up) = When you swipe down on the touchpad, the scroll bar moves down as the page scrolls in an upward direction. When you swipe up on the touchpad, the scroll bar moves up as the page scrolls in a downward direction.

Natural scrolling (Down motion scrolls down) = When you swipe down on the touchpad, the scroll bar moves down as the page scrolls in a downward direction. When you swipe up on the touchpad, the scroll bar moves up as the page scrolls in an upward direction.

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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 Scroll & zoom to expand it open. (see screenshot below step 4)

4 Select Down motion scrolls up (default) or Down motion scrolls down for what you want in the Scrolling direction drop menu. (see screenshot below)


5 You can now close Settings if you like.





1 Do step 2 (up) or step 3 (down) below for what you want.

This is the default setting.

(Contents of REG file for reference)





(Contents of REG file for reference)

4 Save the .reg file to your desktop.

5 If you have Smart App Control turned on, you will need to unblock the downloaded REG file.

6 Double click/tap on the downloaded .reg file to merge it.

7 When prompted, click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK to approve the merge.

8 Restart the computer to apply.

9 You can now delete the downloaded .reg file if you like.


That's it,
Shawn Brink