How to Disable Autocorrect on an iPhone or iPod Touch

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This wikiHow teaches you how to disable autocorrect on iOS to prevent suggestions while typing when your device thinks you've made a typo.

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Open your device's Settings. It’s an app showing gray cogs that can be found on one of your home screens.
- The app might be nestled in a folder called Utilities or Extras if it’s not listed on the home screen.
It’ll be the 8th option listed under the search bar.

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It’s the 11th option listed on the page.
Doing so will prevent your iPhone from correcting your typing automatically when it believes you've made a typo, and will no longer provide suggestions.

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Disabling Auto-Correct is useful if you use a lot of slang or words that aren’t commonly used by others when messaging.

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