There are a series of reasons why you might want to turn off Auto capitalization especially when you are typing on instant messaging apps.
In most instances, you might be passing a message that doesn’t require a capital letter. But due to the default setting of your smartphone keyboard, the letter changes to caps when you begin a new sentence.
If this sound familiar to you, then you should read this article till the end to discover clever ways on how to turn off Automatic Caps on iPhone, Andriod, iPad, Apple Watch, Mac and Chromebook using your default keyboard.
How to Turn off Automatic Caps on iPhone
If you are using an iPhone, depending on the model or the iOS version, the steps required to change the automatic caps setting to stop capitalizing the first letter of a new sentence is pretty easy. Maybe you want to type something to someone beloved to you and the capital letter gives the word a different tone or thereabout.
Here is how to do it…
- Launch the Settings app on your iPhone.
- Navigate to “General” and tap on it.
- Tap “Keyboard”
- Under the “All Keyboards” list, toggle the slider from green to white to disable “Auto-Capitalization“
Once you do that, anytime you are typing a sentence, it won’t begin with a capital letter. But then, you might have to input a capital letter yourself if the need arises.
How to Turn off Automatic Caps on iPad
Depending on the model of iPad you are using the steps are the same across all iPads. Changing automatic caps is quite easy. All you have to do is follow the steps below very closely.
Here is how to do it…
- Launch the Settings app on your iPad.
- Navigate to “General” and tap on it
- Tap “Keyboard”
- Under the “All Keyboards” list, toggle the slider from green to white to disable “Auto-Capitalization”
Once you do that, anytime you are typing a sentence, it won’t begin with a capital letter. But then, you might have to do it yourself if the need arises.
How to turn off Automatic Caps on Apple Watch
If you are using an Apple Watch, with a small screen. And you don’t want the automatic caps that start every new sentence while typing a message to someone, there is a bit of bad news.
For now, there is no way you can turn off automatic caps on your Apple watch. Your best option is to use your smartphone for messaging.
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How to turn off Automatic Caps on Andriod (Popular Androids)
Most Android devices come with a preinstalled keyboard called GBoard while in some it’s called Google keyboard or AOSP.
However, they all come with a default setting which is to capitalize your words when you start a new line.
These settings make sit easy for you to type long lines of words without worrying about capitalizing every new sentence. But then, it is not always what you want
If that is the case, here is how to turn off auto-capitalization on Andriod’s phone
- Launch the messaging app of your choice.
- While on the on-screen keyboard, tap the gear icon.
- Once you are in the Settings menu, tap on “Text correction.”
- Now swipe up on the Text Correction menu till you can see “Auto-capitalization.”
- Next, toggle “Auto-capitalization” off
Once you do this, the first letter of every new sentence will not turn to a capital letter until you do that manually or come back to adjust the setting if you want it to be automatic
How to Turn off Automatic Caps on Andriod (Other Andriod)
This method is pretty short as you can basically do it from the keyboard when you are typing.
Here is how to turn it off..
- Launch any messaging app you want to use
- Tap on the “input bar” of the messaging app to initiate the keyboard.
- On the keyboard tap on the “gear icon” usually located at the top centre.
- Doing this will launch the Settings window.
- Locate and tap on “text correction“
- On the next window, locate the “correction section” and under it tap on “Auto Capitalization“
- Now, toggle off “Auto capitalization“
After doing that, simply go back to the messaging app to see if the changes have been effected.
How to Turn Off Automatic Caps On Samsung
There is a slight difference between Android devices and Samsung devices. But they are also similar since they both run on Android OS.
However, navigating around these phones can differ significantly.
If you are a Samsung user. Here is how to turn off automatic caps On
- On the Home menu, Launch the Settings app.
- On the setting menu, Locate General management and tap on it.
- Over here, you will see the Samsung Keyboard menu. Tap on it.
- Now, tap on more typing options to further customize your typing settings
- Finally, you would see the auto-capitalize switch that’s turned on by default. simply toggle it off to deactivate
How to turn on Automatics Caps on iPhone
If you want to turn on Automatic caps. Follow the steps listed below
- Launch the Settings app on your iPhone.
- Navigate to “General” and tap on it
- Tap “Keyboard“
- Under the “All Keyboards” list, toggle the slider from white to green to enable “Auto-Capitalization”
How to turn off auto caps on Chromebook
If you are using a chrome book, turning off automatic capitalization s all too easy. All you have to do is these;
- Go to your “settings”
- Now click on devices
- Select Keyboard
- Click on View Keyboard Shortcut and the next screen toggle off automatic caps
How to turn off auto-capitalization on Mac
Based on default settings, your mac will automatically turn on the capital letter of the first letter of your words at the beginning of a sentence. A technical term, or a city’s name.
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If you don’t want that, here is how you can change that
- Click the Apple icon. It is located at the top-left corner of your screen.
- Click on System Preferences.
- Click Keyboard.
- Click the Text tab, located at the top of the window.
- Now, deselect the box “Capitalize words automatically“
After doing this, you would have to type words in capital letters manually using your keyboard
How do I Install New Keyboards on my iPhone?
As long as you are running on iOS 8 or higher.
- You can simply go to the App store and install any keyboard you like.
- After doing that, go to your settings, and search for “keyboard settings”
- On the settings, window tap on keyboards and change it to the new one you just installed.
Alternatively, you can do these
- Once you install the new keyboard app
- Launch it
- After doing that, you will be presented with the option to change it to your default keyboard interface.
How do I make the keyboard bigger on my iPhone?
If you are using an iPhone, you need to enable Display zoom to be able to do that. Here is how to go about it
- Go to Settings
- Tap on Display & Brightness
- Now, tap on View
- Navigate to Zoomed and select
- Tap Set to enable “Display zoom”
NB: Doing this will increase the size of everything on your screen.
Is it possible to turn the “Auto capitalization” feature back on?
You can do that by following the steps listed below on your iPhone
- Launch the Settings app on your iPhone.
- Navigate to “General” and tap on it
- Tap “Keyboard“
- Under the “All Keyboards” list, toggle the slider from white to green to enable “Auto-Capitalization“
Final thoughts:
By now you should have been able to figure out how to turn off automatic caps on iPhones, Andriod and iPads. If you are having any challenges implementing the above process, feel free to drop a comment below so that we can help you out.