People are just realising there’s an easy trick to stop iPhone’s bad autocorrect

WE all know how annoying it can be when your iPhone decides to autocorrect a word that didn’t need changing.

This is especially the case if you’re guilty of swearing in texts…

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An annoying typo that never gets picked up for us is “gaga” which should really be “haha”.

If there are certain words you’ve noticed autocorrect go wild with, you can do a quick setting change which forces your iPhone to recognise it – and leave the word alone.

It’s usually meant for abbreviations, so when you type something like “BRB” it’ll automatically change to “Be Right Back”.

But you can add any word or phrase you like – so the words you want appear more often.

How do I remove certain words from autocorrect?

Go to Settings, then General.

Look for Keyboard, followed by Text Replacement.

Tap the + button in the top right.

You can now enter the phase you wish to appear.

If you want to create a shortcut you can.

For example, type “gaga” into the shortcut and “haha” in the phrase, so next time “gaga” will autocorrect to “haha”.

How to turn off autocorrect on iPhone

If you’ve decided you want rid of autocorrect altogether you can simply switch it off.

Remember, it won’t be there to rescue you from genuine mistakes it detects.

Back on the Keyboard page, scroll down to Auto-Correction and turn the toggle off.

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