how do i stop Imessage from capitalizing all letters of a proper name?

This is happening because you have a contact saved with this name in all caps. This had me baffled for a lonh time, but i finally figured it out. Search for the offending contact and edit it so that only the first letter of the name is capitalized and you’re all good. You’re welcome!

I think I discovered what the issue is. In my address book if there are any name is capitalized that name will be capitalized whenever it is used I think I discovered what the issue is. In my address book if there are any first names capitalized that name will be capitalized whenever it is used even if I have many other contacts with the same name that are not capitalized. For example, if I have the name KATHLEEN SMITH In my address book even if I have 20 other Kathleens with different last names and those contact names are not capitalized When I use Messenger and type the name Kathleen it will automatically change to uppercase when I use Messenger and type the first name Kathleen it will automatically change to upper case. When you find the offending contact and correct it to lowercase the problem goes away. pain in the ***.

Oh, my name was all-caps in contacts. Changing that fixed the problem.

So I was having this same issue. Turning off the contact found in apps did not work but it Lead me to solving my issues. My job recently changed to a Microsoft server and they capitalize all staff names. When I added it to my phone it automatically added contacts. I had to unclick contacts in the outlook email and it finally stopped doing it.

This is happening because you have a person with that name in your contacts and have their contact name saved in all caps. This drove me crazy for about a year and I finally figured it out. Good luck!

The problem is a little bit more complicated than hoping the name in in your contacts. I noticed this behavior with one name, and one name only: Tim. I have multiple people in my contacts list with that name, but one of them was in all caps. For some reason, even though the name of the person I was emailing to was not in all caps, my iPhone default it to the all cap version. As soon as I corrected that one entry, the problem was solved.

So I confirmed that it is the way the names are formatted in your contact. Because I am using this without lock and had Outlook contacts on, and that list had names capitalized, that was what was causing the problem. In order to fix it I had to do an export of the names from Outlook to an Excel spreadsheet and use calculations so I confirmed that it is the way the names are formatted in your contact. Because I am using this without lock and had outlook contacts on, and that list had names capitalized, that was what was causing the problem. In order to fix it I had to do an export of the names from outlook to an Excel spreadsheet and use

I can confirm entries in address book were effecting my autocorrect

I found the offending names in my surname fields of contacts (most likely) left over from imports from older phones over the years.

iOS 11.4.1

Thanks very much for the tip, after using the search box for the offending names and edited from there.

I agree - and it would be great if Apple issued fixes for every little problem we have as users of their products. But on this particular gripe, I sympathise with them to an extent. How can they keep up, when we reckless humans (but not me I can assure you) want to name our children 'Chardonnay', 'Story', 'Journey' etc.

Then I consider this a big. If you cannot turn it off. I have thousands of contacts, a very few might be capitalized, but not as many as come up. Even if it was directory related, it would take hours or days to go through it. Further, if I have a JOHN in my directory and just want to type a different John, I have to go back and do it again. It’s maddening. Apple needs to fix it.

You cannot stop it and it is immensely irritating, inefficient and time wasting.

Apple is gradually evolving into a userunfriendly irritant, which will be its commercial downfall if they don’t fix it and fix it quick.

Try and navigate around My Music. It is the best way of developing antipathy to the product.

Frankly, would I recommend Apple products to anybody? A year ago yes. Today, certainly not.

SilverShadow4 wrote:

I know no one from Apple is listening but that does not prevent me from getting on my soap box and screaming sarcasm.

While that might give you some emotional satisfaction, it might be more productive to take the phone in for servicing. And leave feedback for Apple where they do read:

http://www.apple.com/feedback

Hi - I never had this issue until I started using WhatsApp a few months ago (on an iPhone 6 which I've had for over 2 years; IOS always updated to the latest version). All the Christian/first/forenames that I type or speak into the 'phone who are in my WhatsApp contacts are automatically capitalised. Very annyoing, as it comes across as though I am shouting at my contacts and requires immediate manual correction. And no, the 'phone is not learning from me that I want my contacts' Christian names in lower case. So either it is a WhatsApp issue, or an IOS issue - or an unresolved clash of the two. I urge all users affected with this problem to report it to either/both the App feedback/technical help page, or the Apple feedback page (which is the only medium for customers to report issues or suggest improvements to Apple) Product Feedback - Apple

Fixed it for me! Many, many thanks! Has been a real nuisance for a long time!

Fixed it!! Thanks so much!! Have had this problem on my iPhone 5s for ages, which has been really annoying.