Many of us every day need to use our telephone to communicate with friends or people from work and it is sometimes necessary to write quickly but at the same time not have any spelling errors.
However, this can slow us down a bit when writing, since the autocorrect sometimes misspells words that were not the ones we wanted to reflect in our messages. If you want to deactivate the auto-corrector of your phone in the WhatsApp application, here we will show you how you can do it .
Index( )
- How to deactivate the automatic corrector only in WhatsApp?
- Procedure to disable autocorrect on your device’s keyboard
- From iOS
- On Android
- What alternative do I have to correct my messages if I don’t want to use the autocorrect?
How to deactivate the automatic corrector only in WhatsApp?
The spell checker on our phone is a wonderful tool that helps us in a great way when we have to write a message in the WhatsApp app or in some other one. But, there are times when this becomes a real challenge when writing a message quickly, so sometimes it is necessary to deactivate it.
One of the advantages of deactivating the spell checker is that we can write more quickly. Of course, speed can sometimes give us a disadvantage and this is that we can write with a spelling error and it is possible that we send the message with this spelling error.
But there is one thing we have to tell you and that is that deactivating the autocorrect of your keyboard only in WhatsApp is not possible. When you disable autocorrect, it stops working on your entire phone and other apps.
Procedure to disable autocorrect on your device’s keyboard
After knowing what happens with the autocorrect when you deactivate it, if you want to proceed to deactivate it on your phone, you will have to follow the following steps whether your phone is Android or iOS.
From iOS
The iOS system is a system that constantly needs to be updated . Currently, the newest version is iOS 15 and sometimes some settings are slightly changed. But the process to disable write autocorrect on iPhone has always remained the same.
You have to unlock your phone and go to the menu where all the applications of your phone are located. There you will press the one called ‘Settings’, now you will slide the screen to the section called ‘General’ and you will enter there. Now you will see several options and among them will be the one called ‘Keyboards’.
Now there will be a writing called ‘AutoCorrect’. This will have a green switch next to the name, to deactivate it you will have to touch it and it will be marked in gray. After here you can start using your WhatsApp and other applications without the need for the auto-corrector, although the predictive text will still be activated to help you write.
On Android
Now, if the auto correct you want to deactivate is from a phone with Android system , it will also be easy to deactivate it without any inconvenience. For this you can open the WhatsApp application and enter any chat.
Now when the keyboard unfolds, there will be a space above the letters. There you will see several options among which is that of a gear. When you play it, you will be directed to the keyboard settings. From here you will be able to deactivate the auto – corrector of your keyboard.
Now, in the list of options there will be one called ‘Spell Correction’ which you will enter. Then, you will go to the part that says ‘Corrections’ and you will be able to see the ‘AutoCorrect’ statement with a blue switch which will be marking that it is activated. To deactivate it, you just have to touch that blue switch that will be marked gray. This will show you that auto-correction is disabled and you can start writing without any problem.
What alternative do I have to correct my messages if I don’t want to use the autocorrect?
Since you have already deactivated the autocorrect on your cell phone, it is likely that now you want to know what other alternatives you will have to check that the messages you have written do not have any errors. One of the options that will be activated on your keyboard will be predictive text. This is a small strip in which the words you have written are shown, but reflected in the correct way and that if you have not finished writing this word yet, you can touch it and it will be automatically marked in your message.
