Is it possible to remove one word from iOS autocorrect?
I've had this phone for 5 years. In that time, I have occasionally added non-words to the dictionary by mistake, for example by tapping the wrong place on the screen. I want to browse my user dictionary and arbitrarily remove entries I dislike.
As an example: at some point, I fat-fingered my phone into thinking that do n is a correct spelling of don't. I think that means I need to remove "n" as a word, but many attempts with solutions like this one seem to fail in this specific scenario.
Requirements:
Erasing the entire user dictionary is not acceptable.
Disabling autocorrect/predictive text (or whatever it's called) is not acceptable.
I am attempting to remove,not add words. Your answer must be specifically for removing words.
The ideal solution will allow me to browse my user dictionary and remove one or more entries. If that is not possible, a solution that allows me to spot-remove suggestions in situ is fine.
If you suggest a third-party app, it must be available to the public at the time of posting, and any changes it makes must apply to the entire OS -- if it only cleans up e.g. the Messages dictionary, it will be rejected. I care about a whole OS solution.
No solution that requires jailbreaking, voiding the warranty, or doing anything illegal/dangerous will be accepted.
If the fact is it's not currently possible, I will only choose an answer to that effect if it cites authoritative sources.
Everything I've been able to find on the internet on this topic did not help. Your help is very much appreciated.
Go to General then Keyboard then go to Text Replacement and delete which ever you want gone :)
If you open Settings, go to the General tab, scroll down to Reset and click on Reset Keyboard Dictionary it will reset it to the standard dictionary/s that you have selected. Unfortunately there is no way to go through and remove individual words, but hopefully this helps you.
This solution taken from a response on URL:
How can I get the iPhone to "forget" certain words?
Worked for me. It did not take nine times for it to figure it out, you experience may vary.
Good luck, Barry
"I opened notes, typed the word I wanted and when the incorrect autocorrect showed I pressed the cross. I pressed space bar and repeated the process 8 times. On the 9th time the incorrect suggestion stopped showing. Now it doesn't suggest the incorrect word anywhere!" --answered Feb 3 '13 at 5:36 Glenbod
I may be a year to late but my phone had “I said” auto correcting to “I. Sa’id” so I went into my text replacement and put I short cut for “isa to mean I said” now my phone only types I said no matter how I type it in weather I type the shortcut or the words out. the “I. Sa’id” auto correct is completely gone!