Remove touchpad two-finger right-click
I came across https://askubuntu.com/questions/999631/ubuntu-17-10-disable-touchpad-bottom-right-corner-right-click
That pointed me in the right direction.
Running
gsettings list-recursively org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.touchpad
lists all touchpad settings. I'm only interested in
gsettings get org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.touchpad click-method
which at the moment returns fingers
.
Now I just needed to know what are the valid options I can set this key to.
After some digging, I found range
gsettings range org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.touchpad click-method
which returns
enum
'default'
'none'
'areas'
'fingers'
Finally, running this solved it:
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.touchpad click-method areas
This can be done in the GUI as well, if you like (at least, it can as of Ubuntu 19.04). Use the Ubuntu Software app to install the "GNOME Tweaks" app. Then launch GNOME Tweaks and in the "Keyboard and Mouse" section, click your desired setting under "Mouse Click Emulation". In this case, the asker wants the "Area" option, but you can also choose "Fingers" if you prefer the two-finger right click.
The GNOME Tweaks app edits the same setting mentioned in the accepted answer, it just lets you do it without the command line if you're more comfortable using a GUI.