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How to edit the user dictionary

Once I've told my Mac to "learn" a particular spelling, is there a way to delete that spelling from its "dictionary" of acceptable spellings?

Appreciated.

Posted on Sep 20, 2012 4:42 PM

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Posted on Sep 20, 2012 9:24 PM

Those are stored in a plain text file in /Users/"username"/Library/Spelling/LocalDictionary. Open it up in TextEdit, delete what you want and then save it.

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How to edit the user dictionary

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