New features come out with each Android update. And among these last appeared the navigation by gestures, a new solution of movement in the menus which wants to be more intuitive and more functional. However, if you are a fan of the old buttons, remember that it is still possible to choose your navigation method and therefore to disable gesture navigation on the screen of your HUAWEI P20 Lite as we will see now in this guide. First of all we will see what is the point of gesture navigation on your HUAWEI P20 Lite. And then we will see what is the technique to remove gesture navigation on your HUAWEI P20 Lite.

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What is the point of gestural navigation on your HUAWEI P20 Lite?

Gesture navigation allows you to navigate more simply and faster on your HUAWEI P20 Lite. It will allow you to move around the menus of your smartphone without using the three buttons Back ,   Home   et  Multitask which are placed at the bottom of the screen. On some versions of your device, it is automatically installed. Since then, how to use gesture navigation on your HUAWEI P20 Lite?

There are basic gestures such as:

  • Go to the next item on the screen: Swipe the screen to the right.
  • Go to the previous item that appears 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 still a lot of other gestures more or less technical to quickly access the functions of your telephone. To learn about all the navigation gestures you can do, there are tutorials on the internet. You can search on Google » Navigation gestures on a HUAWEI P20 Lite  " or " Talk Back navigation gestures ". On some versions of Android, a tutorial may also be offered when activating the feature.

How to disable gesture navigation on the screen of your HUAWEI P20 Lite?

If you ever cannot use gesture navigation on your HUAWEI P20 Lite, that's okay. Android smartphones give you the option of deactivating the feature. Here are the different ways to disable gesture navigation on your HUAWEI P20 Lite.

Remove gesture navigation on the screen of your HUAWEI P20 Lite with TalkBack

It is sometimes not easy to navigate among all the navigation gestures integrated on our phone. If you prefer to use the three navigation buttons you are used to browsing with, you will have to remove the gesture navigation from your HUAWEI P20 Lite. Depending on the version of your Android phone, sometimes it 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 gesture navigation via the settings of your HUAWEI P20 Lite

If your HUAWEI P20 Lite has an operating system running Android 10, it is very possible that gesture navigation is integrated by default. However, if this bothers you and you prefer to use classic navigation, you will have the option to disable gesture navigation on the screen of your HUAWEI P20 Lite through your settings.

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

The most classic first technique 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 ". Select the 2 or 3 button option depending on your preference.

The second solution to disable gesture navigation on your HUAWEI P20 Lite mainly concerns devices running the latest version of Android. We present it to you here:

  • Open them " Settings " from your Android smartphone.
  • Click the option " Display " .
  • Select " 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 perform a somewhat different procedure to disable gesture navigation on the screen of your HUAWEI P20 Lite. Find it here:

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

If you ever want a lot of tutorials to become a HUAWEI P20 Lite master, we invite you to browse the other tutorials in the category: HUAWEI P20 Lite.