The mobile autocorrect is very useful to automatically correct small errors when writing, although it can play tricks on us. If you prefer that the mobile does not automatically correct what you write , all you have to do is deactivate the autocorrect.
Automatic correction is a function that depends on the keyboard application in Android, so we will tell you how to deactivate the autocorrect in the two most popular keyboard apps : Gboard and SwiftKey .
Disable autocorrect in Gboard
Gboard is Google’s keyboard application and it is the keyboard application that comes with most Android phones , either because they have pure Android or because their layer does not include its own keyboard. In addition, it can be installed on any mobile by downloading it from Google Play.
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Disabling Gboard’s auto-checker is pretty easy, although you do need to find the option and its settings. There are several ways to enter the Gboard settings, but perhaps the fastest is to make a long touch on the emoji key to show buttons with shortcuts, one of them (the gear) to go to the settings.
Once in the settings, go to the Spelling correction section and uncheck the Auto- correction option . Gboard will continue to suggest corrections in the top bar of the keyboard, but it will not apply them automatically. These are the necessary steps:
- Make a long tap on the emoji key
- Press the options button (the gear)
- Enter Automatic Correction
- Disable AutoCorrect
Disable autocorrect in SwiftKey
Another quite popular keyboard app is SwiftKey, which has been owned by Microsoft since 2016 . SwiftKey is quite similar to Gboard and the way to disable the autocorrect is also similar. What changes is how to go to the settings , because the shortcut we used in Gboard does not work here.
To enter the SwiftKey options, you must touch the ellipsis button on the top bar. In the grid of available options, tap Settings . If you prefer, you can go to the settings by opening SwiftKey Keyboard from the mobile application drawer.
From here, the process is almost the same as in Gboard, except that the autocorrect setting is included within the Writing options . Go into them and disable AutoCorrect so that the keyboard stops changing “wrong” words on its own.
As in the case of Gboard, Microsoft SwiftKey will continue to suggest corrections as you type and that are displayed in the top bar of the application, but it will not apply them automatically. This is the summary of the steps:
- Tap on … in the SwiftKey top bar
- Press Settings
- Enter Writing
- Disable AutoCorrect.
