This guide helps you turn text suggestions on or off in Windows 11. Text suggestions help you type faster. The computer guesses which word you want to type as you type it.

What Are Text Suggestions?

When you type on your keyboard, Windows can show you word suggestions right above where you are typing. For example, if you start typing “hel”, it might suggest “hello” or “help”. You can pick the suggestion to finish the word quickly.

This works in many places. You can use it when writing emails, chatting, or filling out forms.

How to Use Text Suggestions

Why use text suggestions? They help you type faster and make fewer mistakes.

What happens when you use a suggestion? The word gets typed for you automatically.

To pick a suggestion, you can:

Click on it with your mouse or tap it on a touch screen.
Use your keyboard arrows: Press the Up arrow to open suggestions. Then press Left and Right to choose. Press Enter to select.
If you do not want to use a suggestion, click outside the suggestion box or press Esc.

Turn On or Off Text Suggestions Using Settings

Why use Settings? It is the easiest way for most people.

What happens? Windows will use or stop using text suggestions as you type.

Open Settings by pressing Win + I on your keyboard.
Click on Time & language in the left menu.
Choose Typing on the right.
Find Show text suggestions when typing on the physical keyboard and turn it On or Off depending on what you want.
You can also turn on Multilingual text suggestions if you want suggestions in multiple languages. Note: This only works if text suggestions are turned on.

You can also open Typing settings directly by clicking this link. It will open your Settings app: Open Typing Settings

Typing settings tile in Windows 11 Settings app

Turn On or Off Text Suggestions Using Registry (Advanced)

Warning: Changing the Registry can affect your computer. Be careful. Consider backing up your Registry first.

Why use Registry? Advanced users can control text suggestions this way.

What happens? Windows reads these settings and turns suggestions on or off.

To Turn On Text Suggestions:

reg add "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Input\Settings" /v EnableHwkbTextPrediction /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f

To Turn On Multilingual Text Suggestions:

reg add "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Input\Settings" /v MultilingualEnabled /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f

Remember: Multilingual suggestions only work if the main text suggestions feature is turned on.

To Turn Off Text Suggestions (default):

reg add "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Input\Settings" /v EnableHwkbTextPrediction /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f

To Turn Off Multilingual Text Suggestions:

reg add "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Input\Settings" /v MultilingualEnabled /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f

Summary

Text suggestions help you type faster and make fewer mistakes.
You can easily turn them on or off in Windows Settings.
If you want, you can also manage text suggestions by changing the Windows Registry. Only do this if you are comfortable doing it.
Multilingual suggestions are available. They depend on the main text suggestion feature being on.
Feel free to switch these features on or off whenever you want.