One feature that many love and hate when it comes to our smartphone keyboards is the autocorrect feature. It was made famous by the iPhone and a feature called “predictive text” on Android. While autocorrect is very useful, it can also be frustrating. Here we will explain how to quickly turn off autocorrect on Galaxy S6, Galaxy S6 Edge, Note 5 and other Samsung smartphones or tablets.
Autocorrect automatically scans and corrects errors or predicts the next word as users type. It can even match and correct words saved in the device dictionary, such as unusual names and other things. However, it can also add more errors to a text or email for those in a hurry.
Above is a detailed guide for the Galaxy S6 that goes over a number of different helpful tips and tricks, including how to get more out of the keyboard. However, for those of you who are having trouble or being disappointed with the autocorrect, we can thankfully turn it off. Read on for quick instructions on doing exactly that.
We get asked this question quite often with millions of people who own and love the Galaxy S6. Autocorrect is great, but it can also be a burden and just get in your way. Fortunately, it only takes a few taps in the settings to disable it and give us full control of our keyboard.
The instructions below are pretty much the same for all new Samsung smartphones, whether you’ve had the Galaxy S6 for half a year, just bought it, or recently upgraded to the Galaxy S6 Edge+ or Galaxy Note 5. Here’s how to turn off autocorrect (predictive text) on Galaxy S6 and more.
Instructions
There are several different ways to get to the keyboard settings menu where we have to go to disable this feature. Here we will consider both.
First, just hold down the microphone button while typing and using the keyboard, which brings up a popup with more options. One is a gear-shaped adjustment knob. This will take you directly to the keyboard settings. Then only . For those who want a visual explanation of where to go, we offer it below.
Here’s a breakdown of every step and setting you need to choose to turn off autocorrect or predictive text on Samsung devices.
- Go to the menu (scroll down the notification bar and tap the gear-shaped settings button)
- Go to (in the System column)
- Tap or whatever keyboard you’re using
- Select it and turn it off or tap to slide the switch.
- That’s it, and autocorrect is turned off. See the pictures below.
And we’re done. It was that easy. Just go to settings, language and turn off predictive text no matter the stock Samsung Keyboard or the keyboard used on any Samsung smartphone or tablet.
While we’re here, there are many other advanced controls in the same menu. If some like predictive text but don’t want it to be too aggressive, there are other settings that can be changed. Like auto capitalization, auto spacing, auto punctuation (when you press the space bar twice), and more. For more details on how to get the most out of the Samsung keyboard, watch our quick video below.
Everything detailed in the instructions and video above is very similar or the same across all new Samsung smartphones and tablets. So those who own the Galaxy S5, Galaxy S6, Edge, Galaxy Note 5 and even the Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 can take advantage of this simple trick.
Enjoy a better Samsung Galaxy keyboard and typing experience now.
