How to Turn Off Autocorrect on Android
Tired of Android changing your words? Turn off autocorrect in Gboard or Samsung Keyboard. Here's the exact path, plus how to stop it fixing one word.
To turn off autocorrect on Android, open your keyboard’s settings and switch off Auto-correction. On Gboard — the default on Pixel and most phones — it is under Text correction; on a Samsung Galaxy it is tied to Predictive text in Samsung Keyboard settings. Both take about thirty seconds.
Turn it off in Gboard
Open Settings, System, Languages & input, On-screen keyboard, Gboard, then Text correction, and toggle off Auto-correction. A faster route: long-press the comma key on the keyboard, tap the gear, and go straight to Text correction. The same screen has separate switches for Auto-capitalization, Double-space period, and Check spelling, so you can keep the ones you like.
Turn it off on Samsung Keyboard
On a Galaxy, open Settings, General management, Samsung Keyboard settings, and turn off Predictive text; under the smart-typing options, turn off Auto replace. Autocorrect only fires when Predictive text is on, so switching that off stops the word swaps.
| Keyboard | Turn off | Where |
|---|---|---|
| Gboard | Auto-correction | Text correction |
| Samsung Keyboard | Predictive text / Auto replace | Samsung Keyboard settings |
Keep the bits you want
You do not have to switch everything off. The spell-check underline and auto-capitalization are separate toggles from auto-correction, so you can stop the word swaps while still getting a capital letter at the start of a sentence. If the keyboard itself is acting up rather than just over-correcting, an Android keyboard that won’t work has the fixes, and clearing the keyboard’s data — part of the clear app cache routine — resets it if a toggle refuses to stay put.
Turn off Auto-correction on Gboard or Predictive text on Samsung and the word swaps stop immediately, while spell-check and capitalization stay under their own switches. Keep one keyboard set as default so the setting sticks.
Common questions
How do I turn off only auto-capitalization and keep autocorrect?
In Gboard, go to Text correction and toggle off Auto-capitalization on its own — it is independent of Auto-correction, so your words still get corrected while sentences no longer force a capital letter.
How do I stop Android changing one specific word?
Add the word to your personal dictionary. In Gboard: Settings, Dictionary, Personal dictionary, then the plus. On Samsung, use the text shortcuts or long-press the word and add it. Words in the dictionary are never auto-corrected.
Autocorrect keeps turning itself back on — why?
Usually a second active keyboard, or a Gboard update re-enabling defaults. Set one keyboard as the default, turn Auto-correction off again, and re-check after updates, since clearing Gboard’s cache can also reset the toggle.
How do I remove the red spell-check underline?
In Gboard, open Text correction and turn off Check spelling — it is separate from Auto-correction. On Samsung Keyboard, turn off the spell-check option in its settings.