We know, it hasn’t been you, has been the autocorrect. He has left you in a bad place more times than you remember and is the cause of most misunderstandings today. It’s true that it helps on many occasions, but you’re already tired of being changed from “I like you a lot” to “I like it a lot.” So that you can declare yourself in conditions, we are going to teach you how to deactivate autocorrect.
How to turn off autocorrect on an Android phone
On Android, depending on the keyboard we use, those autocorrect options They will be somewhat different, but in general you can find them in the same place.
For this you go to the Settings from your phone and scroll down until you find the option «Language and text input».
Once there, go down to the part: «Keyboard and input methods»
In the current keyboard option it tells us which one we have activated among all those installed on our phone. If we have the Android default keyboard (AOSP), we have to click a little further down, on the Android Keyboard (AOSP) option that you see in the image marked in red.
Once you do, you access the part of Settings of that keyboard, and there you will see the option to «Spell Check».
We click on it and they appear to check and uncheck a multitude of options, from blocking offensive words to the one we really want: «Autocorrect».
Choose this option to deactivate autocorrect and you will no longer be able to blame anyone for not understanding what you write.
How to disable autocorrect on other keyboards
The Google keyboard (Google Keyboard or Gboard) is usually installed by default on some Androids. And in that Gboard we find one of the best autocorrects there is, but it is not perfect either and you can remove it in a very similar way.
Yes, as you see below, in the part of «Current keyboard» (within «Language and text input») you have selected Gboard, look for it under the heading of «Keyboard and input methods» and click on its name (marked in red in the image).
This way you will enter its configuration and you will see the «Text correction». If you click, you will see options to deactivate very similar to the example from before.
The one you are looking for is called «Automatic correction». Deactivate it and you will be able to type freely.
If you have any beam the same that we have seen here. Click on its name in the “Keyboard and input methods” part, and you will access its options, where you will not have a hard time finding the correction section.
How to turn off autocorrect on an iPhone
If you have a iPhonethe autocorrect too It is activated by default and it is very easy to remove it. Besides you can do it for any installed keyboardnot just the one that comes by default on iOS.
For this you go to «Settings», then to the option «General» and finally to «Keyboards».
There you will see several options. One is the slider called «Autocorrect», which will be in charge of activating and deactivating your autocorrect.
In short, yes the autocorrectis your biggest enemy and you don’t want anything to influence your writing, you know how to deactivate it and let your prose run free.
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