How to disable swipe navigation in Microsft Edge 142.0.3595.94

Kinsey, Frank 30 Reputation points
2025-12-03T09:58:14.3666667+00:00

Scrolling left or right (two fingers) on the trackpad navigates pages and makes scrolling whiteboards, spreadsheets etc impossible while it risks losing unsaved data in apps. How do I stop the swipe navigation in Microsoft Edge (no scroll options in the flags menus, no option in accesibility).

EDIT: Note that neither "edge://settings/accessibility" or "edge://flags" have any option or toggle to stop this broken functionality.

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Microsoft Edge | Other | MacOS

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  1. Kinsey, Frank 30 Reputation points
    2025-12-03T15:26:26.6166667+00:00

    Okay so finally fixed this after a lot of searching! Turns out you can turn this off in the device trackpad options, not the browser itself, this is a change implemented some time ago apparently.

    For Mac (myself) this was in System Settings > Trackpad >`More Gestures > Swipe between pages (turn to off). Hope this helps.

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  2. Jeronimo Fuerte 48,700 Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2025-12-03T14:27:31.4933333+00:00

    Hi! Please go here in Edge and disable finger navigation:
    edge://settings/accessibilityAdditionally, If that toggle truly isn’t working (Settings > About Microsoft Edge), you can try the experimental setting: type edge://flags/#overscroll-history-navigation in Edge’s address bar and set “Overscroll history navigation” to Disabled

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