please help me disable this useless feature

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Level 1

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please help me disable this useless feature

How do I turn off the most annoying feature of iOS I have ever encountered?

Auto-Correct, and not the keyboard one, I turned that off. But it """"corrects"""" words into wrong ones like 3-4 words back when it assumes what it thinks I mean despite me taking the time to type it out by hand, I have to go back CONSTANTLY and correct it back. I hate it so much and it is going to drive me back to Android if I can't disable it. stop it Apple!

iPhone 14 Plus, iOS 26

Posted on Aug 20, 2026 7:07 PM

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Answer 1

ckuan

Level 10

121,546 points

Aug 20, 2026 7:18 PM in response to FancyCGW

Turn predictive text off or on

While using the keyboard, touch and hold (Smiley) or (Globe).
Tap Keyboard Settings, then turn Predictive Text off or on.

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.

Note: Turning off the Predictive Text setting turns off both predictive text and inline text predictions.

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Answer 2

Bob Timmons

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194,530 points

Aug 20, 2026 7:27 PM in response to FancyCGW

Apple will not see your rant here and they will not reply here.

Tell Apple what you want using this link:

Feedback - iPhone - Apple

Meanwhile, you should always buy what you want.

We don't care what you buy.

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Answer 3

Kurtosis12

Level 10

80,356 points

Aug 20, 2026 7:14 PM in response to FancyCGW

stop it Apple!

This is a user to user forum, you are not addressing Apple here.

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Answer 4

FancyCGW Author

Level 1

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Aug 20, 2026 10:17 PM in response to ckuan

It’s off. I can’t deal with this. It’s wasting my precious and very valuable time. Imma go buy a galaxy s26 ultra tomorrow then. I can’t be wasting my time like this.

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