Hi,
In my iphone (6s running 13.4.1) I have predictive text turned off in keyboard settings. However, word suggestions still pop up in messages from time to time. I can't figure out why or how to get them to stop. All the tutorials I've found just tell you to turn off predictive text in your keyboard settings, which I have already done.
iPhone 6s, iOS 13
Hi drunami,
It sounds like you'd prefer not to use predictive text, and have disabled it, but you occasionally still get suggestions for a word.
Depending on your settings, this may be expected behavior. As outlined in this article: Use predictive text on iPhone, under the section "Turn off predictive text", "When you turn off predictive text, iPhone may still try to suggest corrections for misspelled words. To accept a correction, enter a space or punctuation, or tap Return. To reject a correction, tap the “x.” If you reject the same suggestion a few times, iPhone stops suggesting it."
Take care.
Hi drunami,
It sounds like you'd prefer not to use predictive text, and have disabled it, but you occasionally still get suggestions for a word.
Depending on your settings, this may be expected behavior. As outlined in this article: Use predictive text on iPhone, under the section "Turn off predictive text", "When you turn off predictive text, iPhone may still try to suggest corrections for misspelled words. To accept a correction, enter a space or punctuation, or tap Return. To reject a correction, tap the “x.” If you reject the same suggestion a few times, iPhone stops suggesting it."
Take care.
Hi Sterling,
No, I mean the gray bar with words that pops up above the keyboard and is insanely horrible and distracting. For example, if you type a day of the week it will pop up the date. If you say "i am" it will suggest things like my location and "on my way". The in-line auto-correct text you're mentioning is essentially just a spell-checker that is always wrong. This is much more invasive, distracting, and frustrating. However, if there's a way to turn off both I'd gladly take that as well.
Thx.
I am having the same issue with my 2019 iPad - I turn off predictive text under Settings and the grey bar still gives me unwanted suggestions. And the iPad doesn’t have Siri.
Hey drunami,
Thanks for clarifying further.
What you're referring to seems to be Siri Suggestions. You can modify when Siri Suggestions appears here: Change Siri settings on iPhone.
Cheers!
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