How to clear my autocorrect's word history on S4 mini? If you would like to remove all learned data and not just some words, or control the preferences of what is captured and used, please see this post: Just press ok, and the item will be removed from the learned text. To select one for deletion, just press and hold a moment and a dialog will appear asking if you would like to remove the entry: Note: As indicated with the highlights, you can swipe up and down through the list if it exceeds the default height specified by the developers, so you should try to scroll if you don't see the word or words you would like to delete. Clear the input text for the empty field options, type a few letters to get to what you want to delete.Ĭlick the right arrow head as indicated and you will reveal more options for that combination of input text: Clicking the right arrow head will take you to all the possibilities for that input text. The Samsung predictive text automatically remembers based on the contents of the text field all the possible learned matches and displays them automatically. In Samsung keyboard they have tried to make it easier and less 'configuration file' or 'programmer/advanced hacker' centric by integrating it into the keyboard itself.īring up a screen that requires keyboard input, select the input box/field to reveal the Samsung keyboard: Long-press the word, and you will receive a prompt asking whether you want to remove the word: To remove an existing word start typing the word until it appears in the suggestions list. Yes, this can be annoying, because it will automatically add mistakes and partial words from interrupted typing, including if your screen locks out due to inactivity. Once you've typed a word that's not recognized and accepted it (by hitting the space bar or enter, selecting it from the list of word suggestions, or exiting the application or screen where you're typing it), the word will be remembered. Instead, you can edit the dictionary directly from the keyboard. For some reason I don't understand, the dictionary for Samsung Keyboard can't be accessed through settings. For example, for Swype Keyboard, you go to Settings→Languaguage and input, select the gear icon next to Swype in the Keyboards and input methods list, select My Words, then select Edit my dictionary.
For most keyboards, you can access the user dictionary from the keyboard's own settings. In stock Android, there's a User Dictionary selection available in Settings→Language and Input, which allows you to edit the user dictionary. Therefore, in this step, we will be deleting the “Learned Words” altogether by deleting the application’s data and cache.You have this tagged as google-keyboard, but based on how you phrased the question I'm going to infer that you're using Samsung Keyboard, the default on Galaxy devices. The “Learned Words” can be deleted one by one by long pressing it and then selecting “Remove” but this takes a long time if a lot of words have been added to the “Learned Words” list. These “Learned Words” are added to the storage of the device and some of them are “Cached” before they are added to the list. How to Delete “Learned Words” from Keyboard in Android? In this article, we will teach you how to delete these “Learned Words” altogether. While it is a quite useful feature users sometimes need to delete these learned words and have to delete them one by one which can be a very frustrating experience.
If the feature is activated the Keyboard “learns” every misspelled word that you type and saves it for provided suggestions while typing. The Learned Words feature of the keyboards The keyboard provided by the developers has many advanced features and most commonly a “ Learning Feature“.
One such application is the keyboard application. The UI comes preloaded with a lot of applications that are referred to as system applications and they are used for the most basic tasks.
Every Smartphone manufacturer put their own custom UI over the stock Android to provide a more custom experience that makes every smartphone unique.