How to turn off text suggestions in Windows 11

When you type on the keyboard, Windows may display suggested words right above where you are typing. Many people dislike using this text suggestion feature because sometimes the word you type is not in the supported list. If you don't want to use text suggestions in Windows 11, follow the instructions below.

 

Instructions on how to turn off text suggestions on Windows 11

Step 1:

Open Settings, then tap on Time & language on the left, and then look to the side and select Typing .

Step 2:

In the new interface, find the "Show text suggestions when typing on the physical keyboard" option and turn it off to disable text suggestions in Windows 11.

If you're using text suggestions on Windows 11, you can enable Multilingual text suggestions to see suggestions in a wider range of supported languages.

Disable text suggestions using the Registry.

To turn off text suggestions on Windows 11

reg add "HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftInputSettings" /v EnableHwkbTextPrediction /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f

In case you want to turn it back on

reg add "HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftInputSettings" /v EnableHwkbTextPrediction /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f

Enable multilingual text suggestions.

reg add "HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftInputSettings" /v MultilingualEnabled /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f

Turn off multilingual text suggestions

reg add "HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftInputSettings" /v MultilingualEnabled /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f