How to Enable or Disable Typing Insights in Windows 11
You can enable or disable Typing Insights in Windows 11 to control predictive text and typing suggestions.
Typing Insights in Windows 11 is a feature that uses AI to improve your typing experience, especially on touch keyboards. It offers word predictions, auto-correction, and swipe-to-type functionality.
This feature tracks statistics related to your software keyboard usage and hardware keyboard prediction. You can manage these settings within the Windows 11 interface.
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.
Option One
Turn Typing Insights On or Off in Settings
- 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
Typing Insights in Windows 11 helps you see how AI features are making your typing faster and easier. You can turn this feature on or off using two simple methods. The first method uses the Settings app, which is the easiest way. The second method uses the Registry Editor if you prefer working with the system registry directly. Both methods work the same way—you just enable or disable the feature based on your preference.
How do I turn off input insights and typing data harvesting in 🪟 Windows 11?
How do I turn off Typing Insights in Windows 11 for privacy? You can turn off Typing Insights by going to Settings > Time & Language > Typing > Typing Insights and toggling it off. For stricter privacy control, you can also disable it via Registry, Group Policy, or PowerShell.
How to see keyboard typing history in 🪟 Windows 11?
App. And then you have to choose time and language in the left sidebar. And then you have to choose the typing. Option. And then you have to scroll down a bit and choose typing insights.
Does 🪟 Windows 11 track your keystrokes?
This is a common myth. However it does include protection against key logging malware through Microsoft Defender antivirus.
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