Let us know in the comments if you have any particular experience with this setting, or the assumption that you can’t draw on the iPad with a finger in Notes, Photos, Mail, screenshots, Markup, or anywhere else, and if toggling this setting fixed that for you.The long awaited app Autodesk SketchBook Ink for the iPad has just launched in the Apple App store at an introductory price of $1.99.

If you want to use both the Apple Pencil and fingers, or the ability to draw with fingers, toggle this setting and you’ll have that option. Ultimately, this setting, like so many other settings on iPad and iPadOS, is up to you and your use case, and how you use your device and it’s drawing functionalities. If you’re a heavy Apple Pencil user you may not want this setting to be disabled, because many Apple Pencil users will use their fingers to scroll around on the canvas as they draw with the pencil, and by turning off this setting the fingers will also draw on the screen rather than scroll around. Once you tap that you will access the drawing tools in Notes app (and Markup) and you’re able to draw with your finger. Drawing mode is entered by tapping on the drawing tools icon, which looks like a little pencil tip with a circle around it. How to Draw with Finger on iPadĭrawing with a finger on iPad is very similar to drawing with an Apple Pencil on iPad, except that you must first enter drawing mode when you’re just using your finger. Go ahead and launch the Notes app, Photos app, or anywhere else you can draw with Markup, and try drawing with your finger with Markup or the drawing tools, and you’ll find they work now as with a finger as expected. Now you can draw with your finger(s) on iPad, as well as Apple Pencil.

Locate the switch for “Only Draw with Apple Pencil” and toggle this OFF.To allow you to draw with your fingers on iPad, you must toggle off a setting that sets the drawing ability

How to Enable Drawing with Finger on iPad The reason you can’t draw on the iPad with a finger is due to a setting regarding Apple Pencil that is enabled by default on most iPads, sometimes even if an Apple Pencil is not used with the device or not currently connected with the device.

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