When remove tool is used, zoom function (shortcut "Z") is disabled.

[magicdow]

When remove tool is selected, zoom tool is still usable. However, when you use remove tool, the zoom tool is disabled. It'd be nice if the zoom tool can still be used when the remove tool is used.

[Ged_Traynor]

@magicdow I'm not experiencing the issue you described with Photoshop version 25.9 on Windows 11

Have you tried resetting the tool

[magicdow]

Tried that, still the same. It has been like that since day 1 when the remove tool was rolled out.