How to Enable or Disable Typing Insights in Windows 11

This post describes steps to enable or disable Typing insights in Windows 11.

Typing insights is a feature in Windows that uses Microsoft’s AI and ML systems to suggest words, autocorrect spelling mistakes, and interpret swiped typing while you use a touch or on-screen keyboard.

This feature is designed to help users save time and improve typing efficiency by learning from their typing habits and improving its algorithms. Typing insights can be enabled or disabled in Windows 11 settings.

Typing insights is tied directly to Windows’s Touch keyboard and on-screen keyboard. When you use a Touch or on-screen keyboard, as you type, Windows makes suggestions and spelling corrections so you can quickly finish a word.

The same goes for autocorrection. Windows will ensure that typos are highlighted and autocorrected while you type to save time and work efficiently.

How to enable or disable typing insights in Windows 11

As described above, typing insights is a feature in Windows that it uses to learn to suggest words, autocorrect spelling mistakes, and interpret swiped typing.

It is enabled by default. However, you can quickly turn it off or re-enable it from Windows Settings app, and the steps below show you how to do that.

Windows 11 has a centralized location for the majority of its settings. As a result, everything can be done, from system configurations to creating new users and updating Windows from its System Settings pane.

To get to System Settings, you can use the Windows key + I shortcut or click on Start ==> Settings, as shown in the image below:

Alternatively, you can use the search box on the taskbar and search for Settings. Then select to open it.

On the Windows Settings app, click the time & language on the left, then select the Typing tile on the right pane to expand it.

Next, select the “Typing insights” tile on the time & language -> Typing settings pane to expand.

On the time & language -> Typing -> Typing insights settings pane, toggle the button and switch to the On or Off position to enable or disable Typing insights.

You can now close the Windows Settings app.

Turn on or off Typing insights using the Windows Registry

Another way to turn “Typing insights” on or off is to use the Windows Registry editor.

First, open the Windows Registry and navigate to the folder key path below.

Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Input\Settings

Next, double-click the InsightsEnabled (REG_DWORD) name on the Settings key’s right pane to open it.

Then, use the values below to adjust the Typing insights settings in Windows

• Enter 1 to turn on “Typing insights.”
• Enter 0 to turn off “Typing insights.”

If you do not see the “InsightsEnabled” item, right-click a blank area and create a new REG_DWORD registry item.

Then, enter the name “InsightsEnabled” and the value you want.

Save your changes and restart your computer.

Conclusion:

• Typing insights in Windows 11 can be a valuable tool for improving typing efficiency by providing word suggestions and auto-correction.
• Users can easily enable or disable typing insights through the Windows Settings app, providing flexibility based on individual preferences.
• The Windows Registry editor offers an alternative method for advanced users to adjust the Typing insights settings according to specific needs.