How to change Windows 10 Gestures (3 finger swiping)

Hello Alex,

We understand your requirement in this regard.

From the description, I suspect that the problem might be with the touch pad drivers or might be with the touch pad settings. I mean to say, problem with the Multi-finger Sensing that which enables advanced gestures such as pinch and zoom, 3-finger flick, and more. Suggest you to cross check with the touch pad settings to ensure that everything is set correctly. Do refer the article Keyboard, touchpad, or mouse not working correctly designed by official dell support team.

Sometimes problem with the incompatible touchpad drivers causes this kind of behavior. You may update the Touch Pad driver through Device Manager manually and check if this helps.

1. Open run command by pressing Windows key + R and type “devmgmt.msc” (without quotes) and hit Enter.

2. Spot and expand the “Mice and other pointing devices” by clicking + sign in front of Mouse and other pointing devices.

3. Right-click the device driver listed below Mouse and other pointing devices and select “Update Driver Software”. When it prompts to choose an option How do you want to search driver, then go with Search automatically for updated driver software. If you have a driver available on your PC, then select Browse my computer for driver software, then select the appropriate location, where the driver located on your PC for updating it. (Ensure that PC is connected to Internet while performing this step)

4. If it doesn't fix the issue then right-click the same device driver listed below Mouse and other pointing devices and select Uninstall.

5. Click OK to confirm removal of the device.

6. Restart the system. Windows will detect and automatically install the touchpad driver.

Keep posted if you require further assistance.

Thank you.

Hello, thank you for your reply, but it didn't help. Everything is still the same.

I'm not having at issue with the touchpad itself. Nor do I think the issue is with the drivers. Rather, the default settings of the touchpad were automatically changed when I upgraded from Windows 7 to Windows 10. 

Let me restate my problem:

The 3 finger gestures that are available in Windows 7 are different from the 3 finger gestures that are available in Windows 10. I just upgraded from Windows 7 to Windows 10, but I want my original 3 finger gesture capabilities back.

These are what the gesture options look like now, in Windows 10. See the highlighted portion? THAT is what's different. In Windows 7, the "Three Fingers Swip" had completely different functions. In other words, the "Three Fingers Swip" did something completely different in Windows 7. It allowed me to switch back and forth between open tabs in my web browser by swiping up and down with 3 fingers. Similar to what "ctrl+tab" or "ctrl+shift+tab" does now.

So, my question is, how do I get the Windows 7 "Three Fingers Swip" functionality that I described back, instead of having the Windows 10 "Three Fingers Swip" functionality that is show in the picture above? Maybe there are Windows 7 touchpad drivers I can download, or something? Tell me if this problem makes sense to you. 

I'm also looking for a way to make the Three Finger Swipe perform the navigate forward/back functions. This worked well in Windows 8.1, but no longer works after upgrading to Windows 10.

I'm also looking for a way to make the Three Finger Swipe perform the navigate forward/back functions. This worked well in Windows 8.1, but no longer works after upgrading to Windows 10.

Yeah man same! Haven't found anything yet. If I do I'll post back here though. Please do the same, would really like to get this back haha