iOS Tip: Turn Off Auto-Correct Text On iPhone And iPad

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How to: Turn Off Auto-Correct Text On iPhone And iPad

If you are like me you are often driven insane with the iPhone/iPad auto correction.

Whilst it does come in handy on the occasional misspelt word, it is often more distracting than useful. Hence, we will take a look at how to turn this feature off.

All you need to do is navigate to your Settings > General > Keyboard.

Once in this menu you will notice Auto-Correction. Simply make sure that this button is switched to the off position as shown below:

Now you will no longer have those pesky auto correcting issues on your device.

Mark Greentree

Mark Greentree is the principle blogger and podcast creator of Everyday Mac Support. His aim is to inform users at all levels of experience how to get the most out of the Apple hardware and associated software. He is the lead host of Not Another Mac Podcast, an Apple based round table discussion with Mac users and experts from all over world.