Getting annoyed at autocorrect mistakes on your iPhone? We’ll show you how to disable it.
Autocorrect is a nice feature that catches spelling errors and automatically corrects them as you type iinto a text field. It can help catch mistakes to ensure that your messages are polished before hitting send.
However, the iPhone’s autocorrect isn’t foolproof. It can erroneously replace words, names, and terms that your iPhone doesn’t recognize, leading to a message that makes no sense, or has a meaning that’s totally different to what you intended.
It can be annoying at best and potentially improper and scandalous at worst. Here’s how you can turn off autocorrect on your iPhone.
Disable Autocorrect in the Keyboard Settings
The iPhone’s autocorrect feature is turned on by default. However, you can simply turn it off when you find it a nuisance:
- Go to Settings.
- Tap General > Keyboard.
- Under All Keyboards, toggle Auto-Correction off.
Disable Autocorrect From the Keyboard
Alternatively, you can turn the feature off while you’re using your iPhone keyboard:
- Long-press the emoji or globe button.
- Tap Keyboard Settings.
- Toggle Auto-Correction off.
Don’t Forget to Disable Check Spelling
Because you turned autocorrect off, your device will no longer change misspelled words, but if the Check Spelling feature is turned on, you’ll still see errors underlined in red to indicate that they’re probably misspelled.
Your keyboard can still help you correct misspelled words even when autocorrect is turned off. Simply tap on the underlined word. Your keyboard will give suggestions. Tap on any of the suggested words to replace the old word with your selected suggestion.
You’re Better Off Without It
While the iPhone’s autocorrect feature may be handy in correcting innocent spelling errors, changing words that don’t need correcting will only lead to problems for you. If you still need help, you may want a less intrusive correction, like the Check Spelling feature or a third-party keyboard spelling checker, like Grammarly.
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