diff --git a/packages/app/e2e/browser/terminal-find.spec.ts b/packages/app/e2e/browser/terminal-find.spec.ts
index e4dde5cfaa..26a5b52063 100644
--- a/packages/app/e2e/browser/terminal-find.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/app/e2e/browser/terminal-find.spec.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { getServerId } from "../support/helpers/server-id";
 import { runWorkspaceActionFromCommandCenter } from "../support/helpers/command-center-workspace-actions";
 import { spawnSync } from "node:child_process";
 import { readFile, writeFile } from "node:fs/promises";
@@ -489,3 +490,142 @@ test("keeps the shared Find controls usable in a compact dark browser", async ({
   await page.getByRole("button", { name: "Close Find" }).click();
   await expect(input(page)).toBeFocused();
 });
+
+// A phone browser installs xterm's document-level touch gesture listener too.
+// Keep this journey touch-enabled so it catches duplicate scroll handling.
+test.describe("terminal history with a finger", () => {
+  test.use({ isMobile: true, hasTouch: true, viewport: { width: 390, height: 844 } });
+
+  test("scrolls history once per finger drag", async ({ page }) => {
+    await openPhoneTerminalHistory(page);
+    await expectSingleFingerScroll(page, 24);
+    await expectSingleFingerScroll(page, 1);
+    await expectMouseWheelScrollsHistory(page);
+  });
+
+  for (const mode of ["alternate", "mouse"] as const) {
+    test(`preserves finger navigation in ${mode} input mode`, async ({ page }) => {
+      await openPhoneInputCapture(page, mode);
+      await expectFingerNavigationInput(page, mode);
+    });
+  }
+});
+
+async function expectFingerNavigationInput(page: Page, mode: "alternate" | "mouse") {
+  await dragTerminalWithFinger(page, 24, async () => {
+    const prefix = mode === "alternate" ? "TOUCH_BYTES:1b4f41" : "TOUCH_BYTES:1b5b3c3634";
+    await expect.poll(() => getTerminalBufferText(page)).toContain(prefix);
+  });
+}
+
+async function openPhoneTerminalHistory(page: Page) {
+  await harness.createTerminal({
+    name: "Finger scroll history",
+    command: "bash",
+    args: [
+      "--noprofile",
+      "--norc",
+      "-c",
+      "for i in $(seq 1 150); do echo HISTORY_$i; done; exec sleep 300",
+    ],
+  });
+  await openPhoneTerminal(page);
+  await expect.poll(() => getTerminalBufferText(page)).toContain("HISTORY_150");
+}
+
+async function openPhoneInputCapture(page: Page, mode: "alternate" | "mouse") {
+  const escapes = mode === "alternate" ? "\x1b[?1049h\x1b[?1h" : "\x1b[?1000h\x1b[?1006h";
+  await harness.createTerminal({
+    name: "Touch application input",
+    command: process.execPath,
+    args: [
+      "-e",
+      `
+      process.stdin.setRawMode(true);
+      process.stdin.once("data", () => {
+        process.stdin.on("data", chunk => {
+          process.stdout.write("\\r\\nTOUCH_BYTES:" + chunk.toString("hex") + ":END\\r\\n");
+        });
+        process.stdout.write(${JSON.stringify(escapes)} + "TOUCH_INPUT_READY\\r\\n");
+      });
+      process.stdout.write("TOUCH_START_READY\\r\\n");
+    `,
+    ],
+  });
+  await openPhoneTerminal(page);
+  await expect.poll(() => getTerminalBufferText(page)).toContain("TOUCH_START_READY");
+  await input(page).press("x");
+  await expect.poll(() => getTerminalBufferText(page)).toContain("TOUCH_INPUT_READY");
+  await expect
+    .poll(() => page.evaluate(() => window.__paseoTerminal!.buffer.active.type))
+    .toBe(mode === "alternate" ? "alternate" : "normal");
+  await expect
+    .poll(() => page.evaluate(() => window.__paseoTerminal!.modes.mouseTrackingMode))
+    .toBe(mode === "mouse" ? "vt200" : "none");
+}
+
+async function openPhoneTerminal(page: Page) {
+  await page.goto("/");
+  await page.getByRole("button", { name: "Open menu", exact: true }).click();
+  await page.getByTestId(`sidebar-workspace-row-${getServerId()}:${harness.workspaceId}`).click();
+  await expect(page.getByRole("textbox", { name: "Terminal input" })).toBeVisible();
+  await expect(page.getByTestId("terminal-surface").filter({ visible: true })).toBeVisible();
+}
+
+async function expectMouseWheelScrollsHistory(page: Page) {
+  const beforeWheel = (await viewport(page))!;
+  await page.mouse.move(200, 300);
+  await page.mouse.wheel(0, -120);
+  await expect.poll(() => viewport(page)).toBeLessThan(beforeWheel);
+}
+
+async function expectSingleFingerScroll(page: Page, moves: number) {
+  await dragTerminalWithFinger(page, moves, async ({ lineHeight, before }) => {
+    await expect.poll(async () => before - (await viewport(page))!).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+    const moved = before - (await viewport(page))!;
+    await test.info().attach("finger-scroll", {
+      body: JSON.stringify({ moves, distancePx: 120, lineHeight, rowsMoved: moved }),
+      contentType: "application/json",
+    });
+    expect(moved, "one gesture must not scroll twice its physical distance").toBeLessThanOrEqual(
+      Math.ceil(120 / lineHeight),
+    );
+  });
+}
+
+async function dragTerminalWithFinger(
+  page: Page,
+  moves: number,
+  inspect: (state: { lineHeight: number; before: number }) => Promise<void>,
+) {
+  await test.step(`Drag history with ${moves} touch moves`, async () => {
+    const screen = page
+      .getByTestId("terminal-surface")
+      .filter({ visible: true })
+      .locator(".xterm-screen");
+    const box = await screen.boundingBox();
+    if (!box) throw new Error("Terminal screen is not visible");
+    const rows = await page.evaluate(() => window.__paseoTerminal!.rows);
+    const lineHeight = box.height / rows;
+    const before = (await viewport(page))!;
+    const session = await page.context().newCDPSession(page);
+    try {
+      const start = { x: box.x + box.width / 2, y: box.y + box.height / 3 };
+      await session.send("Input.dispatchTouchEvent", {
+        type: "touchStart",
+        touchPoints: [{ ...start, id: 1 }],
+      });
+      for (let step = 1; step <= moves; step++) {
+        await session.send("Input.dispatchTouchEvent", {
+          type: "touchMove",
+          touchPoints: [{ x: start.x, y: start.y + (120 * step) / moves, id: 1 }],
+        });
+      }
+      // Check before lifting the finger to exclude inertial scrolling.
+      await inspect({ lineHeight, before });
+    } finally {
+      await session.send("Input.dispatchTouchEvent", { type: "touchEnd", touchPoints: [] });
+      await session.detach();
+    }
+  });
+}
diff --git a/packages/app/src/terminal/runtime/terminal-emulator-runtime.ts b/packages/app/src/terminal/runtime/terminal-emulator-runtime.ts
index b1cab84d0e..ae74a4945f 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/terminal/runtime/terminal-emulator-runtime.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/terminal/runtime/terminal-emulator-runtime.ts
@@ -123,7 +123,6 @@ interface TerminalEmulatorRuntimeDisposables {
   removeVisualViewportResize: () => void;
   clearFitTimeouts: () => void;
   removeFontListeners: () => void;
-  removeTouchListeners: () => void;
   removeFilePasteListener: () => void;
   restoreDocumentStyles: () => void;
   restoreViewportStyles: () => void;
@@ -155,7 +154,6 @@ const isAppleHandheld =
     maxTouchPoints: navigator.maxTouchPoints,
   });
 
-const DEFAULT_TOUCH_SCROLL_LINE_HEIGHT_PX = 18;
 const FIT_TIMEOUT_DELAYS_MS = [0, 16, 48, 120, 250, 500, 1_000, 2_000];
 const OUTPUT_OPERATION_TIMEOUT_MS = 5_000;
 const EMPTY_TERMINAL_OUTPUT = new Uint8Array(0);
@@ -764,11 +762,6 @@ export class TerminalEmulatorRuntime {
     };
     input.host.addEventListener("paste", filePasteHandler, true);
 
-    const removeTouchListeners = this.setupTouchScrollHandlers({
-      root: input.root,
-      host: input.host,
-      terminal,
-    });
     const resizeObserver = new ResizeObserver(() => {
       fitAndEmitResize({ shouldClaim: false });
     });
@@ -848,7 +841,6 @@ export class TerminalEmulatorRuntime {
       removeFontListeners: () => {
         fontSet?.removeEventListener?.("loadingdone", fontReadyHandler);
       },
-      removeTouchListeners,
       removeFilePasteListener: () => {
         input.host.removeEventListener("paste", filePasteHandler, true);
       },
@@ -880,7 +872,6 @@ export class TerminalEmulatorRuntime {
       disposables.removeVisualViewportResize();
       disposables.clearFitTimeouts();
       disposables.removeFontListeners();
-      disposables.removeTouchListeners();
       disposables.removeFilePasteListener();
       disposables.disposeFitAddon();
       disposables.disposeWebglAddon();
@@ -1420,120 +1411,4 @@ export class TerminalEmulatorRuntime {
       }
     };
   }
-
-  private setupTouchScrollHandlers(input: {
-    root: HTMLDivElement;
-    host: HTMLDivElement;
-    terminal: Terminal;
-  }): () => void {
-    let touchScrollRemainderPx = 0;
-    const measuredLineHeight =
-      input.host.querySelector<HTMLElement>(".xterm-rows > div")?.getBoundingClientRect().height ??
-      0;
-    const touchScrollLineHeightPx =
-      measuredLineHeight > 0 ? measuredLineHeight : DEFAULT_TOUCH_SCROLL_LINE_HEIGHT_PX;
-
-    const activeTouch = {
-      identifier: -1,
-      startX: 0,
-      startY: 0,
-      lastX: 0,
-      lastY: 0,
-      mode: null as "vertical" | "horizontal" | null,
-    };
-
-    const touchStartHandler = (event: TouchEvent) => {
-      if (event.touches.length !== 1) {
-        touchScrollRemainderPx = 0;
-        activeTouch.identifier = -1;
-        activeTouch.mode = null;
-        return;
-      }
-
-      const touch = event.touches[0];
-      if (!touch) {
-        touchScrollRemainderPx = 0;
-        activeTouch.identifier = -1;
-        activeTouch.mode = null;
-        return;
-      }
-
-      activeTouch.identifier = touch.identifier;
-      activeTouch.startX = touch.clientX;
-      activeTouch.startY = touch.clientY;
-      activeTouch.lastX = touch.clientX;
-      activeTouch.lastY = touch.clientY;
-      activeTouch.mode = null;
-      touchScrollRemainderPx = 0;
-    };
-
-    const touchMoveHandler = (event: TouchEvent) => {
-      if (event.touches.length !== 1) {
-        return;
-      }
-
-      const touch = Array.from(event.touches).find(
-        (candidate) => candidate.identifier === activeTouch.identifier,
-      );
-      if (!touch) {
-        return;
-      }
-
-      const totalDeltaX = touch.clientX - activeTouch.startX;
-      const totalDeltaY = touch.clientY - activeTouch.startY;
-      if (activeTouch.mode === null) {
-        const absX = Math.abs(totalDeltaX);
-        const absY = Math.abs(totalDeltaY);
-        if (absX > 8 || absY > 8) {
-          activeTouch.mode = absY >= absX ? "vertical" : "horizontal";
-        }
-      }
-
-      const deltaY = touch.clientY - activeTouch.lastY;
-      activeTouch.lastX = touch.clientX;
-      activeTouch.lastY = touch.clientY;
-
-      if (activeTouch.mode !== "vertical") {
-        return;
-      }
-
-      touchScrollRemainderPx += deltaY;
-      const lineDelta = Math.trunc(touchScrollRemainderPx / touchScrollLineHeightPx);
-      if (lineDelta !== 0) {
-        input.terminal.scrollLines(-lineDelta);
-        touchScrollRemainderPx -= lineDelta * touchScrollLineHeightPx;
-      }
-
-      event.preventDefault();
-    };
-
-    const touchEndHandler = (event: TouchEvent) => {
-      const activeTouchEnded = Array.from(event.changedTouches).some(
-        (touch) => touch.identifier === activeTouch.identifier,
-      );
-      if (activeTouchEnded || event.touches.length === 0) {
-        touchScrollRemainderPx = 0;
-        activeTouch.identifier = -1;
-        activeTouch.mode = null;
-      }
-    };
-
-    const touchCancelHandler = () => {
-      touchScrollRemainderPx = 0;
-      activeTouch.identifier = -1;
-      activeTouch.mode = null;
-    };
-
-    input.root.addEventListener("touchstart", touchStartHandler, { passive: true });
-    input.root.addEventListener("touchmove", touchMoveHandler, { passive: false });
-    input.root.addEventListener("touchend", touchEndHandler, { passive: true });
-    input.root.addEventListener("touchcancel", touchCancelHandler, { passive: true });
-
-    return () => {
-      input.root.removeEventListener("touchstart", touchStartHandler);
-      input.root.removeEventListener("touchmove", touchMoveHandler);
-      input.root.removeEventListener("touchend", touchEndHandler);
-      input.root.removeEventListener("touchcancel", touchCancelHandler);
-    };
-  }
 }