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On my newly installed laptop with Windows 10, I would like to get rid of the spell checker in WhatsApp Desktop software. How can I do that?

TheCuBeMan
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    I would love to know _where_ that is coming from. I mean, which software is responsible for the spell check inside WhatsApp. I don't think it's WhatsApp itself, I see several references online to it being a Windows setting (but then changing windows Typing settings doesn't work). Maybe Edge or some other viewer that runs as a container inside WhatsApp? – pgr Oct 07 '22 at 08:29

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To get rid of the spell checker in WhatsApp Desktop and other apps in Windows 11, go to Windows Settings > Time & language > Typing > Typing Insights > set it to off.

tlz13
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Agus Restu Sutrisno
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  • You lost me after Settings - there is no "Devices" and search for devices or typing comes up with no search results. – tuexss Apr 01 '23 at 12:08
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I had the same problem. My OS is in english but I wanted What's App spell checker to work in spanish. So I had to add the spanish language to Windows and then in the Spelling Windows Options I turned on Multilingual text suggestions.

To turn the spelling check off I guess it's just a matter to turn off the options in Windows Settings and then restart WhatsApp.

Juan Carlos Puerto
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You'll have to disable Windows Typing insights. (But this will stop auto correction in other apps too!)

Windows 10: Go to Windows settings > Devices > Typing > Typing insights > Turn off

Windows 11: Go to Windows settings > Time & language > Typing > Typing insights > Turn off

tlz13
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Whatsapp desktop, click on settings (lower left corner) general, typing, windows settings link, it jumps directly on windows settings, doesn't matter if is windows 10 or 11

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