New features come out with each Android update. And among these last arrived the navigation by gestures, a new technique of movement in the menus which wants to be more intuitive and more functional. However, if you are a fan of old buttons, remember that it is still possible to choose your navigation system and therefore disable gesture navigation on the screen of your Samsung Galaxy A5 as we will see today in this article. To begin with, we will see what is the point of gesture navigation on your Samsung Galaxy A5. After that we will see what is the technique to remove gesture navigation on your Samsung Galaxy A5.

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What is the point of gesture navigation on your Samsung Galaxy A5?

Gesture navigation allows you to navigate more simply and faster on your Samsung Galaxy A5. It will allow you to move around the menus of your mobile phone 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 directly integrated. Then, how to use gesture navigation on your Samsung Galaxy A5?

There are basic actions such as:

  • Go to the next item 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.

However there is also a lot of other gestures more or less technical to quickly access the functions of your mobile phone. To learn about all the navigation gestures that you can use, tutorials exist on the internet. You can type on Google » Navigation gestures on a Samsung Galaxy A5  " or " Talk Back navigation gestures ". On several versions of Android, a tutorial can also be offered when activating the option.

How to disable gesture navigation on the screen of your Samsung Galaxy A5?

If you cannot use the gesture navigation on your Samsung Galaxy A5, this is not a problem. Android smartphones give you the option to deactivate the option. We are going to discover the different ways to disable gesture navigation on your Samsung Galaxy A5.

Remove gesture navigation on the screen of your Samsung Galaxy A5 with TalkBack

It is sometimes not easy to navigate between all the navigation gestures integrated on our mobile phone. In the event that you prefer to use the three navigation buttons which you are used to browsing, you will have to remove the gesture navigation from your Samsung Galaxy A5. Depending on the version of your Android smartphone, it may happen that this gesture navigation option is integrated under the name of TalkBack .

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

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

Disable gesture navigation via the settings of your Samsung Galaxy A5

If your Samsung Galaxy A5 has an operating system running Android 10, it is very possible that gesture navigation is integrated by default. However, if you ever have a problem with the latter and you prefer to use classic navigation, you will have the option to disable gesture navigation on the screen of your Samsung Galaxy A5 via your settings.

Depending on the version of your Android, there are three different ways to remove gesture navigation . Discover them here.

The first most popular technique to do this is:

  • Open the " Settings  »
  • See you in " System  »
  • Click on " Gestures  »
  • Select » System navigation "
  • You have the choice between 3 alternatives: » 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 Samsung Galaxy A5 concerns in particular devices running the latest version of Android. Here it is below:

  • 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 take a slightly different approach to deactivate gesture navigation on the screen of your Samsung Galaxy A5. Find out here:

  • See you in the » Settings "
  • Click on " Full screen view  »
  • And select the system navigation by » Buttons "

If you want as many tutorials as possible to become a master of the Samsung Galaxy A5, we invite you to watch the other tutorials in the category: Samsung Galaxy A5.