This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable three and four finger touch gestures for your account in Windows 11.
A touch screen, or touchscreen, is an input device that enables you to interact directly with what is displayed, rather than using a mouse, touchpad, or other such devices (other than a stylus, which is optional for most modern touch screens).
You can get around Windows faster with touch screen gestures. A touch gesture is the physical action performed on a touch screen by your finger(s).
If your device (ex: laptop or tablet) has a touch screen, you can enable or disable three and four finger touch gestures as needed.
Contents
- Option One: Enable or Disable Three and Four Finger Touch Gestures in Settings
- Option Two: Enable or Disable Three and Four Finger Touch Gestures using REG file
1 Open Settings (Win+I).
2 Click/tap on Bluetooth & devices on the left side, and click/tap on Touch on the right side. (see screenshot below)
3 Turn on or off (default) Three- and four-finger touch gestures for what you want. (see screenshot below)
4 You can now close Settings if you like.
1 Do step 2 (enable) or step 3 (disable) below for what you want.
2 Enable Three and Four Finger Touch Gestures
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.
Turn_ON_three_and_four_finger_touch_gestures.reg
Download
(Contents of REG file for reference)
Code:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop]
"TouchGestureSetting"=dword:000000013 Disable Three and Four Finger Touch Gestures
This is the default setting.
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.
Turn_OFF_three_and_four_finger_touch_gestures.reg
Download
(Contents of REG file for reference)
Code:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop]
"TouchGestureSetting"=dword:000000004 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 Either sign out and sign in or restart the computer to apply.
9 You can now delete the downloaded .reg file if you like.
That's it,
Shawn Brink
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