If you add a word by mistake to your phone's predictive text dictionary in Android, or you see a word in the dictionary that you don't want, follow these steps to remove it: Navigate to Settings > Language & Keyboard > HTC Sense Input > Personal dictionary.
"Learned words" are words (LingQs) that you have manually saved from the content available on (or imported to) the site, while "known words" are words that the system assumes that you know.
Simply click on the search bar and when the word appears click it and hold it, but don't let go. Then click the delete key.
5 steps for editing or deleting words in the Android dictionary
- Open the global Settings area on your phone. Screenshot by Nicole Cozma.
- Choose Language & keyboard from the list.
- Now open the User dictionary.
- Scroll through the alphabetical list and find the entry you want to edit or remove.
- Touch the entry and then select Edit or Remove from the pop-up menu.
There's a way to stop your Apple
iPhone from autocorrecting your text to “
ducking” when you meant to type
To turn off autocorrect:
- Open Settings on your iPhone.
- Tap General.
- Tap Keyboard.
- Toggle the option for “Auto-Correction” so that it's off.
On your Android phone or tablet, open any app that you can type with, like Gmail or Keep. Tap where you can enter text. Choose which settings to turn on, like Glide typing, Text correction, and Voice typing.
How to remove ALL learned words. Step 1: Go to the SwiftKey app. Step 2: Tap on the vertical Ellipsis (three-dot) at the top-right corner. Step 3: Tap on Clear typing data.
Go to SETTINGS and then click GENERAL MANAGEMENT then LANGUAGE AND INPUT and then select VIRTUAL KEYBOARD then SAMSUNG KEYBOARD and then at the bottom you will see RESET SETTINGS and then click the 2nd option CLEAR PERSONALIZED DATA.
Via the Settings menu:
- Go to "Settings", then tap "General management".
- Tap "Language and input", "On-screen keyboard", then "Samsung Keyboard".
- Tap "Smart typing".
- Tap the switch to activate or deactivate.
Just hover over the suggestion using the cursor keys (up or down), hold down Shift and hit the Delete button to remove it from Chrome's memory. Google tested several options to improve the process using the mouse.
android.provider.UserDictionary. A provider of user defined words for input methods to use for predictive text input. Applications and input methods may add words into the dictionary. Words can have associated frequency information and locale information.
You can enable the feature by heading over to Gboard's Settings > Dictionary and toggling on the option named “Sync learned words“. That is it.
WordWeb Dictionary is one of the more popular free dictionary apps for Android. It features 285000 words, 225000 word sense definitions, and more. There is also a built-in thesaurus, pronunciations, and more. It's also usable offline, is completely free, and has no in-app purchases or advertising.
Dictionaries on the iPhone or iPadTo activate the integrated dictionaries go to System Settings > General > Dictionary .
The custom dictionary lists all words that you have manually added to Chrome's spelling list. Just click the X to the right of any word you want to remove. When you're done removing words, you can click Done or just close the Chrome tab.
Use predictive text. Tap Keyboard Settings, then turn on Predictive. Or go to Settings > General > Keyboard, and turn Predictive on or off.
"Change AutoFill settings: Choose Safari > Preferences, then click AutoFill.
- To turn AutoFill off or on, select the information you want to include in AutoFill, deselect the rest.
- To change or delete AutoFill information, click Edit next to the information you want to change or delete."
Turn off predictive text
- While editing text, touch and hold or .
- Tap Keyboard Settings, then turn off Predictive.
