Elizabeth Onyango

How to turn off zoom feature on iPads; A Step by Step Guide With the variety of Accessibility features present on Apple iPads, you may find yourself being overwhelmed, especially when you click on a feature you did not intend to. The features include the helpful zoom feature, which allows you to zoom into the screen. The function is precisely useful when you have a failing vision enabling you to view small texts and graphics. The magnifying glass-square in shape- that the feature adds to the screen focuses the effect only on the part you desire to magnify. When texts become fuzzy, this feature can be of great help. Sadly, the function can be a piece of work if you turn it on unknowingly and also freezes, disabling you from changing the magnification on the screen to default or back to your preferred setting. How do you know your iPad is stuck in zoom? It is quite apparent to realize that your iPads screen is stuck on zoom mode; it happens when tapping on your screen does not zoom out or disable the zoom feature. If you haven’t experienced this before, you likely have the zoom feature disabled in iOS, or you have not mistakenly turned-on zoom yet. The good news is that you can turn this feature off and consequently keep it off if you do not need it. Here’s a step by step guide on how to do it. Keeping the zoom feature turned off 1. Open your iPad’s settings 2. Click on the General icon 3. Click on Accessibility 4. After that, select the zoom icon 5. Tap on the switch next to zoom on the next screen to switch off the feature. 6. In case your iPad’s zoom in option was enabled, the screen will automatically return to the default view when you switch the zoom option off. An important point to note is that; when your tablet seems to be displaying text or webpages unusually, you should first look at the Accessibility Menu. The menu includes settings that increase the tipping size, either more significant or bold, enhance the color contrast, and other several options that will make using the iPad comfortable for use if you have a diminished vision or if you have perfect vision. Fixing a zoomed-in screen or disabling the magnifying glass Here’s what you can do when your screen is zoomed in, and the screen magnification won’t change when your iPad is running an iOS 8 and later. 1. Double click/tap the iPad’s screen twice with three fingers. Using your ring finger, middle finger and ring fingers, tap the screen twice in quick successions to turn the zoom feature on and off. Ideally, this will fix your problem. When you want to turn off the zoom feature completely to keep that from happening again, use the iPad settings as shown above. Remember, the accessibility settings are located in the general section of the Apple tablet and can help you fix such problems. 2. Triple-tap the home button Amazingly, accessibility settings on iPads come with a shortcut enabling you to turn features on and off. Here’s how you can activate the shortcut Tap the home button thrice in quick successions. In the case where you configured a triple-click on the home button to zoom in on the iPad, triple-click on the home button to zoom out. It is prevalent for people to engage the zoom-in feature accidentally due to this reason. 3. Pinch to zoom The pinch to zoom feature in iPad’s varies compared to the pinch to zoom gesture. When using applications like Safari, you can make a web page or image more significant using the pinch to zoom gesture. In the case where you haven’t disabled the zoom-in option on your screen, put your index finger and thumb on your screen, imitating a pinching action. Move both fingers apart while your thumb and index finger are still on display in a pinch out motion. Pinching out will zoom out the screen if you zoomed in, in the same manner. Disabling the zoom function using Finder or iTunes You can also use iTunes or Finder to turn off the zoom feature. Here how to do it; Connect your iPad to a computer If you are using Mac with macOS Catalina 10.15 open Finder Alternatively, if you are using a Mac with macOS 10.14 or earlier or when using a Personal Computer (PC) –open iTunes. After your device appears in Finder or iTunes Click on the General icon After clicking the general option, you will have a drop list of options and then select the Configure Accessibility option. On the zoom icon, deselect to turn off zoom. You can then click OK to finalize your option Turn off the device or reboot to disable zoom In the case where zoom is stuck, and it is proving impossible to turn it off, you can reboot your iPad or turn it off then on again. After rebooting or turning off, the zoom feature should no longer be stuck. Conclusively, finding yourself stuck on a zoomed-in screen without intending to can get you on panic mode. Maybe even longer than you would have thought. Using these steps, you can navigate your iPad’s accessibility easily without much of a hustle, saving yourself a horrendous task of visiting an Apple Store.