General and system
Reset Keyboard Dictionary
Most people call this making the keyboard forget what it has learned.
This clears every word the keyboard has learned from your typing, so autocorrect starts again from scratch.
This setting is present on your iPhone.
- We have this path on file but have not yet confirmed it against an official source.
Where to find it - iOS 15 and later
- Settings
- General
- Transfer or Reset iPhone
- Reset
- Reset Keyboard Dictionary
What it does
The keyboard learns words you type repeatedly, including mistakes it decided were deliberate. Resetting removes all of them. Text Replacement entries are not affected.
What changes
When it is on
Not applicable. This is a one time action.
When it is off
Not applicable.
Should you turn it on?
Battery
No real change
Privacy
Helps
Performance
No real change
Cellular data
No real change
Storage
No real change
Out of the box: Never runs by itself.
Worth reading first
Questions people actually ask
- How do I fix autocorrect learning the wrong word?
- Reset Keyboard Dictionary clears everything it has learned, or add the correct word under Text Replacement.
If it is not working
- Try adding the problem word under Text Replacement first. That is less drastic.
- The keyboard will take a few weeks to relearn your vocabulary.