New features are released with each Android update. And among them has recently appeared navigation by gestures, a new method of moving through menus that is more intuitive and more functional. However, if you are a fan of the old buttons, note that it is still possible to choose your navigation method and therefore to deactivate the gesture navigation of the screen of your Honor X6 as we will see now in this article. First, we will see what gestural navigation is for on your Honor X6. And then we will see what is the method to remove gesture navigation on your Honor X6.

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What is gesture navigation for on your Honor X6?

Gesture navigation allows you to navigate more simply and faster on your Honor X6. It gives you the opportunity to move through the menus of your smartphone without using the three buttons Back ,   Home   et  Multitask which are placed at the bottom of the screen. On several versions of your device, it is automatically integrated. Then, how to use gesture navigation on your Honor X6?

There are basic gestures such as:

  • Go to the next item displayed on the screen: Swipe the screen to the right.
  • Go to the previous item displayed on the screen: Swipe the screen to the left.
  • Back: Swipe down and left on the screen.
  • Home: Swipe up and left on the screen.

Nevertheless there is also a lot of other gestures more or less technical to quickly reach the functions of your mobile phone. To find out about all the navigation gestures that you can use, there are tutorials on the internet. You can search on Google » Navigation gestures on an Honor X6  " or " Talk Back navigation gestures ". On several versions of Android, a tutorial can also be offered when activating the feature.

How to disable navigation by gestures on the screen of your Honor X6?

In the event that you cannot use gesture navigation on your Honor X6, that's not a problem. Android devices give you the option to disable the feature. We will see the different ways to disable gesture navigation on your Honor X6.

Remove gesture navigation on the screen of your Honor X6 with TalkBack

It is sometimes not easy to navigate among all the navigation gestures integrated on our mobile phone. If you ever prefer to use the three navigation buttons with which you are used to browsing, you will then have to remove the gesture navigation from your Honor X6. Depending on the version of your Android phone, it sometimes happens that this gesture navigation option is installed under the name of TalkBack .

If so, to disable TalkBack you will need to do the following:

  • Open the " Settings "
  • Select » Accessibility  »
  • Click on " TalkBack "
  • Disable TalkBack .

Disable navigation by gestures via the settings of your Honor X6

If your Honor X6 has an operating system under Android 10, it is quite possible that gesture navigation is integrated as standard. However, in the event that the latter bothers you and that you prefer to use classic navigation, you will have the option of deactivating navigation by gestures on the screen of your Honor X6 via your settings.

Depending on the version of your Android, there are three different solutions to remove gesture navigation . You will discover them here.

The most common first option in order to do this is:

  • Open the " Settings  »
  • Go to " System  »
  • Click on " Gestures  »
  • Select » System navigation "
  • You have the choice between 3 options: » 2 navigation buttons  "-" 3 navigation buttons  " or " Gesture navigation ". Choose the 2 or 3 button option depending on your preference.

The second method to deactivate gesture navigation on your Honor X6 concerns in particular devices under the latest version of Android. Discover it:

  • Open them " Settings " from your Android smartphone.
  • Click the option " Display " .
  • Choose " Navigation bar "
  • Tap the option "Full screen movements"
  • Tap on "Additional options"
  • Deactivate "Slides from the sides to the bottom".

Finally, on some Android versions, you will have to do a somewhat different manipulation to deactivate navigation by gestures on the screen of your Honor X6. Find it here:

  • Go to the " Settings "
  • Press on " Full screen view  »
  • And choose the system navigation by » Buttons "

In case you want a lot of tutorials to become an Honor X6 master, we invite you to watch the other tutorials in the category: Honor X6.