How to Configure Typing Insights and Autocorrect in Windows 11 Time & Language Settings

Before You Start

A few things to know before you open the settings ⚙️ page, because they’ll save you a troubleshooting detour later:

• No administrator rights needed. These are per-user settings stored in your own profile, not machine-wide settings, so a standard account can change them without an admin password.
• No restart required. Toggles on this page take effect immediately — you can switch to any app and test the change right away.
• Hardware keyboard vs. touch keyboard are different. The Autocorrect toggle on the Typing settings page only affects typing done on a physical keyboard. The on-screen touch keyboard (the one that pops up on tablets or when you tap a text box on a touchscreen device) has its own autocorrect switch, accessed from the gear icon on the touch keyboard itself, not from this Settings page.
• Typing insights needs time to build data. Turning the toggle on doesn’t show you historical stats — it starts counting from that point forward. If you turn it on and immediately check for numbers, you’ll see mostly zeros. Type normally for a while, then come back.

How to Open the Typing Settings Page

1. Open Settings ⚙️ by pressing Win+I on your keyboard.

   

2. Click Time & language in the left-hand navigation pane. You’ll see a list of language and region options on the right.

   

3. Click Typing from that list. This opens the page with all the toggles covered in this guide — Spelling, Text suggestions, Multilingual text prediction, Typing insights, and a link to Advanced keyboard settings.

   

How to Turn On Typing Insights

1. Scroll to the Typing insights section on the Typing settings page. It’s described as giving you stats about your typing, such as word counts and your most-used apps.

   

2. Turn on the toggle switch next to Typing insights. Once it’s on, the switch shows as enabled and Windows starts tracking from that moment — nothing else changes on screen immediately.

If the toggle is missing entirely rather than just off, see the troubleshooting section further down — it’s usually a version issue, not something you did wrong.

How to View Your Typing Insights Stats

1. Return to Settings > Time & language > Typing after you’ve used your keyboard for a while — a day or two gives you enough data to make the numbers meaningful.
2. Look under the Typing insights toggle for a link or expandable section showing your stats. Depending on your Windows 11 version, you’ll see total words typed, total keystrokes, and the apps where you type most.

Microsoft has adjusted the wording and layout of this feature across different Windows 11 updates, so what you see may not match exactly what’s described here. If your stats section looks different or shows fewer categories, that’s a version difference, not an error on your end.

How to Turn On or Adjust Autocorrect

1. Find the Spelling section near the top of the Typing settings page.
2. Turn on Autocorrect misspelled words. This fixes common typos automatically as you type with a physical keyboard, but only in apps that support Windows' spelling correction. Most Microsoft apps and many others do; some programs use their own spelling system instead.
3. Turn on Highlight misspelled words if you also want a red squiggly underline on words Windows doesn't recognize, without automatically changing them. You can run this alongside Autocorrect or use it on its own if you'd rather review corrections yourself instead of having them applied automatically.

If you want suggestions as you type — not just corrections after the fact — check the Text suggestions section on the same page and turn on the option for showing suggestions on the hardware keyboard. This is separate from Autocorrect: suggestions show you a list of possible words to pick from, while Autocorrect changes the word for you without asking.

How to Turn Everything Back Off

Every toggle here is reversible with no side effects — flipping it off just stops the behavior going forward.

1. Go back to Settings > Time & language > Typing.

   

2. Turn off Autocorrect misspelled words to stop Windows from changing what you type on a physical keyboard. Anything already corrected stays as-is; this only affects new typing.
3. Turn off Typing insights to stop the stats tracking. This doesn't necessarily erase previously collected numbers — it just stops collecting new ones — so if you're turning it off for privacy reasons and want the history cleared too, check for a clear or reset option near the stats view before turning the toggle off.

Why Typing Insights or Autocorrect Might Be Missing or Greyed Out

A few reasons these options might not behave as expected:

• Managed device policy. On a work or school PC, your IT administrator can lock these settings using group policy. If a toggle is greyed out with a note about it being managed by your organization, you won't be able to change it yourself — contact your IT department.
• Windows version is behind. Typing insights rolled out gradually across Windows 11 feature updates. If you don't see the option at all, check Settings > Windows Update for pending updates — it may simply not have arrived on your build yet.
• You're testing on the wrong keyboard. If you turned on Autocorrect but nothing seems to happen, confirm you're typing on a physical keyboard, not the on-screen touch keyboard, and that you're testing in an app that supports Windows' spelling correction rather than one with its own separate spellchecker (some browsers and office apps override the system setting with their own).

What to Do Next

With Typing insights and Autocorrect set the way you want, it's worth checking your keyboard language settings if you regularly type in more than one language — that's where Multilingual text prediction becomes useful. If autocorrect still misfires in a specific app, check that app's own spelling settings, since some programs ignore the system-wide setting entirely. And if you're troubleshooting a physical keyboard that's misbehaving beyond just spelling, a general keyboard troubleshooting pass in Windows 11 is the next logical step.