How to turn off 'Swipe to Go Back' on a Mac

Whilst many MacBook features can improve efficiency, sometimes they can be a bit… well… annoying! One such feature is the ‘swipe to go back’ gesture, which can be a nuisance if it triggers unintentionally, disrupting your workflow or browsing experience.

​Here we look at a simple way to turn off the ‘swipe to go back’ gesture on a MacBook.

• On your Mac, click on the Apple logo in the top left corner of the screen.
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• Scroll down and click on ‘System Preferences’ or ‘System Settings’.

• Click on ‘Trackpad’.

• Click on ‘More Gestures’.

• Uncheck the little box for ‘Swipe between pages’.

And that’s it! As you’ll see in the ‘More Gestures’ window, there are more gestures to explore (and if you don’t like them, you can just turn them off by unchecking the little boxes).