Disable double tap and five finger scrolling on iPad

My iPad has updated and it is now being weird with double tap and five finger scrolling. How do I turn this off please

iPad Air, iPadOS 18

Posted on Jan 30, 2026 3:22 PM

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Feb 1, 2026 10:13 PM in response to Fionaing

Hi Fionaing,

welcome to this Apple (user-to-user) Community!


Re: "Disable double tap and five finger scrolling on iPad : My iPad has updated and it is now being weird with double tap and five finger scrolling. How do I turn this off please"


Sorry I don't know for sure where you are using the double tap and five finger scrolling in order to help..


Am no expert in this area. Am wondering whether you use the gestures in Assistive Touch, or maybe in Touch Accommodations, or perhaps the gestures have been added to the Accessibility shortcut ?


If you don't receive the help you want from replies to your question to the community:

You might want to reach out to the Accessibility Support team:

See: How to contact Apple for help with accessibility features - Apple Support


All the best :-)

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