How to Turn Off Autocorrect on iPhone and Android
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Most people have a love-hate relationship with the autocorrect feature on their smartphones.
If you’re a sloppy typist, autocorrect can be incredibly useful at correcting typos. However, the feature could try to autocorrect words not found in the built-in dictionary.
We’ll show you how to disable autocorrect on your iPhone and Android device to make typing easier.
How to Turn Off Autocorrect on iPhone
If you’re havingautocorrect issues on your iPhone, you can turn the feature off with a few taps.
Try typing some text in a new message window. Instead of auto-correcting your words, your phone will flag words as possible misspellings.
You can tap on the misspelled word and pick the correct spelling from the alternative words and spellings list.
Alternatively, go back to your iPhone keyboard settings screen and toggle theCheck Spellingswitch to off. The red lines that indicate a misspelled word won’t appear going forward.
If you prefer not to turn off autocorrect on your iPhone, you can add words or phrases to the built-in dictionary so that they’re not flagged.
Note: You can also enable dictation on your iPhone to use voice recognition and avoid typing words altogether. Just tap the microphone icon in the text message box and start talking.
If you’re using a Samsung Galaxy device, follow the steps below to turn off the autocorrect feature.
If you don’t want to disable autocorrect, you can add words or abbreviations to your dictionary.
You may have disabled autocorrect, but you’ll still get word suggestions from the Androidspell checkeras you type. If you don’t want these suggestions, you can disable the Android Spell Checker.
How to Turn off Autocorrect on Android (Gboard)
By default, Android devicesuse Gboard, a typing app with several features including handwriting, Google Translate, predictive text, emoji search, etc.
Note: Once you disable autocorrect, the keyboard will still offer correction suggestions.
Avoid Embarrassing Auto-Correct Errors
We’ve all had moments when we’ve sent a message only to find that the autocorrect feature changed a word, and it doesn’t make any sense.
By tweaking the autocorrect settings, you can turn off the feature and avoid embarrassing errors.
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Elsie is a technology writer and editor with a special focus on Windows, Android and iOS. She writes about software, electronics and other tech subjects, her ultimate goal being to help people out with useful solutions to their daily tech issues in a simple, straightforward and unbiased style. She has a BCom degree in Marketing and currently pursuing her Masters in Communications and New Media.Read Elsie’s Full Bio
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