How to Enable Double Taps and Drag to Multi-Select on Windows 11

One of my favorite touchpad gestures that are disabled by default on Windows 10 and Windows 11 is double taps and drag to multi-select. With that gesture, I can avoid all touchpad click noise by using only tap gestures. In this article, we’ll show you how to enable double taps and drag to multi-select on your laptop running Windows 11.

Enable Double Taps and Drag to Multi-Select

To enable double taps and drag to multi-select on your laptop running Windows 11:

1. Open the Settings app on your PC or you can use the “Win + I” shortcut key.
2. On the Settings app, from the left sidebar, select “Bluetooth & devices”.
   
3. On the “Bluetooth & devices” page, select Touchpad.
   
4. On the “Touchapd” page, expand “Taps” option.
   
5. When the Taps options is expanded, Check the option “Tap twice and drag to multi-select“.
   
6. Now you can use double taps and drag to multi-select gesture on your touchpad.

Disable Double Taps and Drag to Multi-Select

If you’re not familiar with double taps and drag to multi-select gesture and prefer to click and drag to select, you can disable the gesture by:

1. Follows the same steps above to go to Settings > Bluetooth & devices > Touchpad > Expand the “Taps” Option.
2. UnCheck the option “Tap twice and drag to multi-select“.
   
3. Now the double taps and drag to multi-select gesture on your touchpad will be disabled.