Strange text changes in my messages.

I took out the few shortcuts I had for my keyboard. But I don't know if there is a place where you can lookup words and phrases the iphone learns from you and change them (or in this case, delete them)? Like a personal dictionary?


For a basic example. I might be typing "where are you going" and maybe I misspell part of it, or just type "maybe" and next thing I know it puts in "moments NFG" (just an example, but the NFG is in there A LOT)???


I don't know where it's getting this, and it is not what I typed, but it changes it a word or two later. I tried turning off things like Predictive and others, but I still see it come up. Especially that stupid NFG.


I am stumped on this. Anyone have a suggestion or has dealt with this before.


Thanks

iPhone 6 Plus, iOS 11.2.2

Posted on Jan 28, 2018 3:30 PM

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Posted on Jan 29, 2018 7:11 AM

You can't selectively remove words that your phone has learned. You can reset the entire dictionary, which means losing anything it has learned about you, by going to Settings > General > Reset > Reset Keyboard Dictionary. Another option is to try to become more aware of when your phone tends to "correct" what you typed and immediately change the text back to what you wanted it to say. This way it will learn your intentions without reseting everything, though this option can be frustrating in its own way.

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Jan 29, 2018 7:11 AM in response to reconscout2

You can't selectively remove words that your phone has learned. You can reset the entire dictionary, which means losing anything it has learned about you, by going to Settings > General > Reset > Reset Keyboard Dictionary. Another option is to try to become more aware of when your phone tends to "correct" what you typed and immediately change the text back to what you wanted it to say. This way it will learn your intentions without reseting everything, though this option can be frustrating in its own way.

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