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Steps
- Open your device’s Settings. It’s typically shaped like a gear (⚙️), but it may also be an icon that contains slider bars.
- Scroll down and tap Language & input.
- Tap your active keyboard.
- Tap Text correction.
- Slide the “Auto-correction” button to the “Off” position.
- Press the Home button.
Steps
- Open your device’s Settings. It’s typically shaped like a gear (⚙️), but it may also be an icon that contains slider bars.
- Scroll down and tap Language & input.
- Tap your active keyboard.
- Tap Text correction.
- Slide the “Auto-correction” button to the “Off” position.
- Press the Home button.
Navigate to a screen that displays the keyboard (Create Message, Compose email and any other).
- On the left of the Space Bar, select and hold the Dictation Key.
- Tap the Settings gear option.
- Just below Smart Typing, select Predictive Text and disable it.
Android 6.0 Marshmallow
- From the Home screen, tap the Apps icon.
- Tap Settings.
- Tap Language and input.
- Scroll down to ‘Keyboards and input methods,’ and tap Samsung keyboard.
- Under ‘Smart typing,’ tap Predictive text.
- Tap the Predictive text Switch to On.
- If desired, tap the Live word update switch to On.
How do I make words Autocorrect to something else on Android?
Going the Long Way
- Select Settings on your Android phone.
- Tap on Language and Keyboard.
- Go to the menu where you can access settings for the User dictionary (sometimes called Personal dictionary).
- Once you are there, you may manually add the words by pressing Add and then OK after typing a particular word.
How do I turn on autocorrect on my Samsung?
Here’s how, when using Samsung’s keyboard:
- With the keyboard visible, tap and hold the Dictation key that sits to the left of the space bar.
- In the floating menu, tap on the Settings gear.
- Under the Smart Typing section, tap on Predictive Text and disable it at the top.