How to Enable or Disable Typing Insights in Windows 11
Typing Insights in Windows 11 is a built-in feature that uses machine learning to track your typing habits so it can predict words and fix spelling mistakes on your touch keyboard. Turning on this tool helps you type faster by learning the words you use most often.
You can turn Typing Insights off at any time if you want more privacy and prefer to stop Windows from collecting your typing data. Disabling the feature takes just a few clicks in your main computer settings.
Enable or disable Typing Insights in Windows 11 through Settings. Navigate to Time & language, then Typing, and toggle the Typing insights switch. This controls predictive text and typing suggestions.
Turn Typing Insights On or Off in Settings
Adjusting Typing Insights in Windows 11, whether for enhanced privacy or better suggestions, happens directly through the Settings app. This feature learns typing habits to provide more accurate text predictions and corrections. Changing this setting requires opening the Settings app and navigating to the Typing section.- Open Settings by pressing
Win+I. - Click on Time & language on the left side, then click on Typing on the right side.
Open Typing settings - Click on Typing insights.
- Turn Typing insights On (this is the default) or Off depending on what you want.
- You can close Settings now if you’d like.
Option Two
Turn Typing Insights On or Off Using Registry
Turn On Typing Insights
This is the default setting.
reg add "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Input\Settings" /v InsightsEnabled /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
Turn Off Typing Insights ⚙️ Requires admin privileges
reg add "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Input\Settings" /v InsightsEnabled /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
Summary
Managing Typing Insights also works through the Windows Registry (a hierarchical database that stores low-level settings for the operating system). This method requires administrative privileges.
How do I turn off input insights and typing data harvesting in 🪟 Windows 11?
To disable Typing Insights in Windows 11 for privacy, navigate to Settings > Time & Language > Typing > Typing Insights and toggle the option off. For more robust privacy control, consider disabling it via the Registry, Group Policy, or PowerShell.
How to see keyboard typing history in 🪟 Windows 11?
Press Windows Key + I to open the Settings app. Select Time & language from the left menu, then click Typing. Choose Typing insights. From there, turning Typing Insights on or off takes only a click.
Does 🪟 Windows 11 track your keystrokes?
This remains a common misconception. However, it does include protection against key logging malware through Microsoft Defender antivirus.
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