Turn off pinch to zoom for just the desktop

Is there any way to turn off the pinch to zoom feature on my macbook for just the desktop? I like to use it for zooming in on web pages and photos and stuff, but i hate when i accidentally make all my icons huge or tiney. Thanks

Yeah, I figured there wouldn't be an easy way to do it. I was actually kind of thinking of maybe a 3rd party software. I know theres things like multiclutch which let you assign your own gestures, but I don't think you can use it to turn off a gesture for just the finder. Any other ideas?

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