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iPhone & iPad: Enable or Disable Zoom

Mitch BartlettMay 22, 2016 Comments (11)
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Magnify the Apple iPhone or iPad screen with the Zoom feature. It’s a great Accessibility feature for the vision impaired, or if you’re simply displaying something that is difficult to see at normal magnification

To enable or disable zoom, follow these steps:

  1. Open “Settings” from the Home screen.
  2. Choose “General“.
  3. Select “Accessibility“.
  4. Select “Zoom” and switch it to “On” or “Off“.

iPhone Zoom feature

You can also enable and change other settings as desired.

  • Follow Focus
  • Zoom Keyboard
  • Show Controller
  • Zoom Region
  • Maximum Zoom Level

FAQ

How do you use the Zoom feature once this is enabled?

Double-tap on the screen with three fingers to enter zoom mode. You can double tap with three fingers while keeping your fingers on the screen after the second tap to control zooming by moving your fingers up and down the screen.

Double-tap with three fingers again to exit zoom mode.

My device is stuck zoomed in. What do I do?

We actually wrote a post about that. Try double-tapping with three fingers.

Categories: iPhone

Author Mitch Bartlett

Through my career that spans over 20 years I have become an expert in Microsoft Systems Administration, Android, and macOS. I started this site as a technical guide for myself and it has grown into what I hope is a useful knowledgebase for everyone.

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Comments

  1. Ellen Renfrew says:
    August 15, 2022 at 7:00 pm

    I cannot get iphone to go to screen .

  2. Abel Wade says:
    July 21, 2020 at 8:56 pm

    This is the worst mistake I’ve ever had once I turned it on it was to big and I couldn’t turn it off I finally could but zoom enabled popped up on my screen and I can’t get it off honestly I have it on right now and I’m trying to figure out how to get it off someone please tell me

  3. Ginny says:
    November 16, 2019 at 5:58 pm

    Turning off the zoom feature in Settings does not stop the constant “zoom enabled” pop ups ….

  4. Lorrie says:
    November 13, 2019 at 8:05 pm

    I’m tired of having “zoom enabled “ pop up every 10 seconds. How do I stop that?

  5. Carla says:
    November 4, 2019 at 9:15 pm

    This didn’t help me at all! I’m getting a pop up constantly, “zoom enabled”! Especially if I’m reading an article, it pops up every few seconds!
    REALLY ANNOYING!

  6. Kevin Ackerman says:
    September 28, 2019 at 11:09 pm

    How to completely turn of the zoom feature on the safari app it’s annoying

  7. Rick Dowden says:
    March 15, 2019 at 1:18 pm

    How. An I get iPad to remember a zoom in google maps for example?

  8. bbc says:
    February 3, 2018 at 6:27 pm

    This is not up to date. I have an iPad Pro with everything in Zoom settings turned off, but randomly double tapping in an app still creates a weird zoom effect. Would love a way to disable it, but this solution doesn’t work.

  9. Lo says:
    March 20, 2017 at 4:08 am

    THanks alot!

  10. Doug says:
    December 13, 2016 at 5:33 am

    My iPad used to have a zoom controller on the screen that allowed me to zoom in to any magnification and then position the text for reading. Very useful feature. One day that just disappeared and then double tap with three fingers started. Not as good but at least something. Now that doesn’t work. Zoom is so small why bother using. Why can’t we just spread out thumb and forefinger apart to zoom and KISS?

  11. Doug says:
    December 13, 2016 at 5:21 am

    Double tapping with three fingers used to work on my iPad. Now the amount of zoom is so small there’s barely a difference.

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