That will stop the swipe from invoking the “back” or “forward” action within Google Chrome for the two-finger swipe gesture. You will have to restart your browser in order to complete the change. Just go out to a Terminal window and type the following:ĭefaults write AppleEnableSwipeNavigateWithScrolls -bool FALSE (Spoiler alert: This is a very, very, very anecdotal situation I just experienced) How to Disable Chrome Swipe to Go Back This is handy sometimes, but not when you spend 15 minutes filling in a web form and then accidentally swipe left with a second finger on the trackpad and chrome goes back a page losing all your work. Swipe to go back sounds like a great idea, right? If you have the Swipe configured for OSX (as I do), it also works as the back and forward button in your Chrome browser. This is a nifty little tidbit that could have saved me many a lost page or form fill in Chrome.
