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Pinch to zoom in Safari not working consistently on IOS 15

Ever since updating to IOS 15 I have noticed that pinch to zoom does not always work in Safari on my iPhone XS. I've never seen this issue prior to IOS 15. Here is what I see:


  • Load a page on Safari
  • Attempt pinch to zoom - sometimes it works immediately, other times it does not work.
  • Scroll the page up/down, then try pinch to zoom again - sometimes it works, sometimes it does not
  • Sometimes when pinch in to zoom works to zoom in, it will immediately break again and I cannot unzoom with 'pinch out' after numerous attempts. Eventually pinch out works again.


I have not seen this reported anywhere else, except for a short thread on reddit. In that thread (Anyone has issues with Pinch to Zoom using Safari on iOS 15 ?) users all had iPhones X, XS, XR, or the max versions running IOS 15.


I've tried killing Safari and restarting it, closing all tabs and reopening, and rebooting the phone. Nothing has resolved the issue.


Is anyone else seeing this issue with IOS 15?

iPhone XS, iOS 15

Posted on Sep 30, 2021 9:07 AM

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Posted on Oct 18, 2021 1:11 AM

In addition to the OP’s excellently concise description, it’s also possible sometimes to double-tap the screen and it will zoom in a bit, however, it then refuses to zoom back out again.


i have an iPhone X, totally up to date iOS-wise.


Really glad I found this posted somewhere. It’s been driving me absolutely nuts and I haven’t been able to find anything anywhere that would tell me whether or not this was a new intended ‘feature’ in iOS 15 or a bug.


Seems that it is a bug, and a really really really annoying one.


Please please please Apple will you look into this and get it fixed a.s.a.p.?

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