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# I'm accidentally erasing my notes with my palm or Apple Pencil.

Accidentally erasing notes usually has one of two causes: your palm is touching the screen, or your Apple Pencil's gesture shortcut is switching to the Eraser. Both are quick fixes in iPad Settings.

### Stop palm touches from drawing or erasing

Turn on **Only Draw with Apple Pencil** so iPad ignores everything except the Pencil tip:

1. Open the **Settings** app on your iPad;
2. Tap **Apple Pencil**;
3. Toggle **Only Draw with Apple Pencil** to **ON**.

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/60818aeea8717000/pencilsettings_1nj0i15.jpg =600x780)

|| 📝 NOTE: With this setting on, your finger can still scroll, zoom, and tap toolbar buttons — it just can't draw or erase.

### Stop the Pencil from switching to the Eraser by itself

Newer Apple Pencils have a gesture that toggles between drawing tools. By default, it's set to swap between your last tool and the **Eraser** — which is the most common cause of "I drew, then suddenly I was erasing."

**Apple Pencil Pro — Squeeze action**

1. Open **Settings → Apple Pencil**;
2. Under **Squeeze**, change it from **Show Tool Palette** to **Off** (or to another action that isn't the Eraser).

**Apple Pencil (2nd Generation) — Double-Tap action**

1. Open **Settings → Apple Pencil**;
2. Under **Double Tap**, select **Off** (or change it to **Show Color Palette** instead of **Switch Between Current Tool and Eraser**).

|| 📝 NOTE: Double-Tap and Squeeze settings only appear when an Apple Pencil Pro or 2nd Generation Pencil is paired. Apple Pencil 1st Gen and USB-C don't have these gestures.

| ✅ TIP: Still erasing accidentally? Switch Scriptation's Annotation Toolbar to a non-Eraser tool (like the **Pen** or **Highlighter**) before lifting the Pencil — that way an accidental gesture won't catch the Eraser.

# What's Next

[Using the Apple Pencil on iPad](https://help.scriptation.com/en/article/using-the-apple-pencil-on-ipad-vao8kb/)
[My Apple Pencil icon is gone or the Pencil no longer works](https://help.scriptation.com/en/article/my-apple-pencil-icon-is-gone-or-the-pencil-no-longer-works-18w85qn/)
[An Overview of the Annotation Toolbar](https://help.scriptation.com/en/article/an-overview-of-the-annotation-toolbar-6jmhwg/)