How do I stop autocorrect renaming my name (Amy) to any?

I have tried adding my name to my address book, shortcuts, and it’s my name in my user profile. Literally nothing seems to work.

iPhone 11, 13

Posted on Aug 28, 2020 4:59 PM

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Posted on Aug 28, 2020 5:14 PM

Hey, Any. Label here 👋😅 My name Pavel also gets autocorrected to Label.


Do the following:

  1. go to Settings > General > Keyboard > Text Replacement
  2. tap +
  3. enter: Phrase - Amy, Shortcut - any
  4. save


This will prevent the dictionary from autocorrecting Amy to any.


However, it will also autocorrect any to Amy always, so you will need to cancel this each time you mean typing ‘any’ (using the way suggested by Demo above). If you don’t want to do this, you could (a) switch off autocorrect entirely, (b) use the way suggested by Demo above many times until the dictionary learns not to autocorrect it each time.

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Aug 28, 2020 5:14 PM in response to Demo

Hey, Any. Label here 👋😅 My name Pavel also gets autocorrected to Label.


Do the following:

  1. go to Settings > General > Keyboard > Text Replacement
  2. tap +
  3. enter: Phrase - Amy, Shortcut - any
  4. save


This will prevent the dictionary from autocorrecting Amy to any.


However, it will also autocorrect any to Amy always, so you will need to cancel this each time you mean typing ‘any’ (using the way suggested by Demo above). If you don’t want to do this, you could (a) switch off autocorrect entirely, (b) use the way suggested by Demo above many times until the dictionary learns not to autocorrect it each time.

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