I've had this phone for 5 years. In that time, I have occasionally added non-words to the dictionary by mistake, for example by tapping the wrong place on the screen. I want to browse my user dictionary and arbitrarily remove entries I dislike.
As an example: at some point, I fat-fingered my phone into thinking that do n is a correct spelling of don't. I think that means I need to remove "n" as a word, but many attempts with solutions like this one seem to fail in this specific scenario.
Requirements:
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Erasing the entire user dictionary is not acceptable.
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Disabling autocorrect/predictive text (or whatever it's called) is not acceptable.
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I am attempting to remove,not add words. Your answer must be specifically for removing words.
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The ideal solution will allow me to browse my user dictionary and remove one or more entries. If that is not possible, a solution that allows me to spot-remove suggestions in situ is fine.
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If you suggest a third-party app, it must be available to the public at the time of posting, and any changes it makes must apply to the entire OS — if it only cleans up e.g. the Messages dictionary, it will be rejected. I care about a whole OS solution.
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No solution that requires jailbreaking, voiding the warranty, or doing anything illegal/dangerous will be accepted.
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If the fact is it's not currently possible, I will only choose an answer to that effect if it cites authoritative sources.
Everything I've been able to find on the internet on this topic did not help. Your help is very much appreciated.
Best Answer
This solution taken from a response on URL:
How can I get the iPhone to "forget" certain words?
Worked for me. It did not take nine times for it to figure it out, you experience may vary.
Good luck, Barry
"I opened notes, typed the word I wanted and when the incorrect autocorrect showed I pressed the cross. I pressed space bar and repeated the process 8 times. On the 9th time the incorrect suggestion stopped showing. Now it doesn't suggest the incorrect word anywhere!" --answered Feb 3 '13 at 5:36 Glenbod