Disable swipe navigation back and forward

I am on an iPhone running iOS 18.3.2. I would like to disable the behaviour of navigating back / forward by swiping left / right. I would appreciate any help with this. Note: my settings has no such thing as "swipe gestures".

iPhone SE, iOS 18

Posted on Mar 28, 2025 08:28 AM

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Mar 29, 2025 12:38 AM in response to vnarasim

If I understand you correctly you want to disable Swiping left or right on the iOS Mail app. That is not possible.


In the iOS Mail app, there is no built-in option to completely disable swipe gestures (left or right) on emails in the inbox. However, you can customize what the swipes do by going to:


Settings > Mail > Swipe Options



Here, you can change what happens when you swipe left or right (e.g., Mark as Read, Move, Flag, etc.), but you cannotremove the gestures entirely. Swiping will always perform some action.

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Disable swipe navigation back and forward

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