The Zoom feature also adds a squaremagnifying glassto the screen that localizes the effect to only where you look.

The zoom feature makes it easier to read text on the iPad whensmall text becomes fuzzy.

These instructions apply to iPads runningiOS 8and later.

iPad with magnifying glass

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Double-tap the iPad display with three fingers.

This should fix the problem.

To keep this from happening again,turn the zoom feature off in the iPad configs.

The accessibility parameters are located in the General section of the iPad parameters.

Triple-hit the Home button.

The accessibility options have a shortcut that turns features on and off.

To activate this shortcut, triple-choose the Home button.

If you configured the triple-click to zoom in on the iPad, zoom out using a triple-click.

This is a common reason why the zoom is accidentally engaged.

The iPad zoom-in feature is different from thepinch-to-zoom gesture.

Some apps such asSafariuse pinch-to-zoom to make a web page or image larger.

This pinch-out will zoom out the display if you zoomed in this way.

Turn the Zoom feature off.

You may never want to use the Zoom feature or magnifying glass.

Deactivating it will also stop it from being accidentally turned on.

Turning off Zoom deactivates both the zoom feature and the magnifying glass.

What Else Can You Do With Zoom?

If the text on the screen is blurry, configure the zoom to be more helpful.

You cold have activated the feature without realizing it.