Autocorrect automatically adjusts words as you’re typing, hopefully correcting misspellings along the way. It’s a system that keeps learning as you go. Google’s standard keyboard that runs on Android is known as Gboard. Gboard uses a dictionary and adds to it as you use your gadget.
Moreover, even if you’re somehow unfamiliar with the term “autocorrect,” you’ve probably experienced it. When you’re typing on your phone or tablet and the keyboard automatically makes a correction without your input, that’s autocorrect. However, a lot of the time, autocorrect can “correct” things in a way that you don’t want, but you can turn it off.
Turn off Autocorrect in Gboard
- First, swipe down twice from the top of your Android smartphone or tablet’s screen to reveal the Quick Settings toggles and tap the gear icon.
- Next, go to the “System” section in the Settings menu.
- Now, select “Languages & Input.”
- Choose the “On-screen Keyboard” option under the Keyboard heading.
- Tap “Gboard” to open the Gboard app settings.
- Now, we can go to the “Text Correction” section.
- Scroll down and toggle off “Auto-Correction.”
