# Swipe to close lightbox image on mobile

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/swipe-to-close-lightbox-image-on-mobile/92585>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [July 18, 2018, 12:06am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/swipe-to-close-lightbox-image-on-mobile/92585 "2018-07-18T00:06:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2018, 9:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/swipe-to-close-lightbox-image-on-mobile/92585/3 "2018-07-18T09:33:05Z")

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Uhhh you guys know you can tap anywhere that isn’t the image to close it.. right? 🤪

I just tested on my iPhone, and yep, tapping anywhere outside the image closes it. Or the X.

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