How to Disable Predictive Text Feature When Composing Emails in Microsoft Outlook Mail?

Question

Hi,

Just recently while I've been making emails in outlook I'll get some grey text that appears in front of the characters I've actually typed out and there is a little tab key icon at the end of the greyed text that completes the sentence with the greyed out suggested text included if I press tab. I was wondering how to turn off this predictive text feature when typing? I think an odd sign-out situation occurred recently where my original settings for outlook were returned to the default, which then started this annoying phrase guessing feature. I've disabled text suggestions on my laptop settings but I still have get the text suggestions on outlook mail. Settings for outlook itself hasn't shown anything that might control predictive text either, so I'm not sure how to turn the feature off.

Thanks

Answer 1

Hi, Rashane. Thanks for reaching out! I'm an Independent Advisor and a Microsoft user like you, and I am here to work with you on this issue.

Here's how you can disable it, Rashane:

Settings > Mail > Compose and reply > Offer suggestion based on keywords in my messages

I hope this helps! Please let me know if that works for you, ok?

Answer 2

I had the same issue for a user that called me and I couldn't find it either under Options - Mail , what I did to fix it was when the suggested text came up, I right click on the faded word that came up and a drop down menu pop up, which then showed text prediction. I clicked on it and it took me to the window where I could then turn it off.

Answer 3

I am having the same problem, but made worse by the way Windows keeps turning predictive text back on! I have turned it off at least 10 times now, and each time made sure I have saved the change before exiting settings, but within a couple of days it has been turned back on. How do I get it turned off and stay off?

Answer 4

None of the below answers worked for me; however, this one did - type something that brings up some predictive text (such as in an Outlook message). Stop, then right-click on the 'predicted' text. At the top of the right-click context menu is Predictive Text >.  Click the arrow to expand, choose Settings, and turn it off!

Answer 5

Thanks for that, but sadly not working for me. I use Outlook through my browser (Chrome) and the right click context does not bring up the predictive text option you describe. Here is what I get: