Use and Customize the VoiceOver Gestures on iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch

Learn how to use and customize the VoiceOver gestures on iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.

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VoiceOver Gestures

Learn all the default VoiceOver gestures.

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Navigation

Action	Gesture
Select Item	Tap to hear an item
Activate Selected Item	Double-tap
Perform a Double-Tap	Quadruple-tap with one finger
Long Press Selected Item	Triple-tap
Adjust Slider	Swipe up or down
Move into a Group of Items	Swipe right with two fingers
Move out a Group of Items	Swipe left with two fingers

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Device Gestures

Action	Gesture
Scroll	Swipe with three fingers up, down, left, or right
Go Home (no Home Button)	Swipe up from the bottom of the screen until you hear the first confirmation sound.
Open App Switcher	Swipe up from the bottom of the screen until you hear the second confirmation sound.
Open Control Center*	Swipe down from the top right corner of the screen or tap the battery icon, then swipe down with three fingers
Open Notification Center**	Swipe down from the top or top left corner of the screen or tap the time, then swipe down with three fingers
Switch to Previous App	Swipe left with four fingers
Switch to Next App	Swipe right with four fingers

*Open Control Center on an iPhone with a Home Button: Swipe up from the bottom edge of the screen

**Open Notification Center on an iPhone with a Home Button: Swipe down with three fingers

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VoiceOver Gestures

Action	Gesture
Read All From Top	Swipe up with two fingers
Read All From Current Item	Swipe down with two fingers
Pause Speech	Tap with two fingers
Mute Speech	Double-tap with three fingers (Triple-tap with three fingers if Zoom is enabled
Magic Tap*	Double-tap with two fingers
Screen Curtain**	Triple-tap with three fingers (Quadruple-tap with three fingers if Zoom is enabled
Live Recognition***	Triple-tap with four fingers
Open Item Chooser****	Triple-tap with two fingers
Open Quick Settings	Quadtruple-tap with two fingers
Escape / Dismiss	Scrub with two fingers
VoiceOver Help	Quadruple-tap with four fingers

*Magic Tap is VoiceOver's action to play or pause media at any time on any screen.

**Screen Curtain turns off the display visually so that it appears to be turned off, but the display will stay on and active. This feature exists to provide a layer of privacy for users of VoiceOver.

***Live Recognition plays sounds when the device detects objects, text, people, doors, and more. It is not 100% accurate and should not be fully relied on.

****The Item Chooser lists all available elements on screen alphabetically. When you choose an item, it sets the VoiceOver cursor on that item.

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VoiceOver Rotor Gestures

Action	Gesture
Change Rotor	Rotate two fingers
Move to Previous Option (within the current rotor)	Swipe up
Move to Next Option (within the current rotor)	Swipe down

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Text Editing

Action	Gesture
Undo	Double-tap with three fingers, hold, and flick left
Redo	Double-tap with three fingers, hold, and flick right
Copy Speech	Quadruple-tap with three fingers

Braille Screen Input Gestures

Action	Gesture
Space	Swipe right with one finger
Delete Letter	Swipe left with one finger
Delete Word	Swipe left with two fingers
Return	Swipe right with two fingers
Submit	Swipe up with Three fingers
Word Suggestions	Swipe up or down with one finger
Cursor Mode	Swipe up or down with one finger while holding with one finger
Move Cursor	Swipe left or right with one finger while holding with one finger
Switch Mode (Text Input / Command Mode)	Swipe left or right with three fingers
Orientation Lock	Swipe down with three fingers
Select Text	Swipe left or right with two fingers while holding with one finger
Copy	Swipe up with two fingers
Paste	Swipe down with two fingers
Exit	Do any of the following: Scrub with two fingers Rotate two fingers to exit with the Rotor Pinch with two fingers

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Customize Gestures

You cannot change the action of single-tap, double-tap, and swipe right or left with one finger gestures. You can always reset the gestures and keyboard shortcuts to default settings by tapping Reset VoiceOver Commands at the bottom of the Commmands page.

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