These steps will work on any PC, Mac, or Chromebook. If you’re using an Android, iPhone or iPad, you can’t turn off spell check just for Chrome—you can only disable spell check globally for all apps. This might be risky if you’re not the most careful typist, so do so at your own risk: To disable spell check for iPhone/iPad apps, go to Settings > General > Keyboard > and disable “Check Spelling” and/or “Auto-Correction. " To disable spellcheck for Android, you’ll need to do so from your keyboard app. If you’re using Gboard, go to Settings > Text correction and toggle off “Spell check” and/or “Auto-correction. " To disable spellcheck on a Samsung Galaxy, go to Settings > General management > Samsung Keyboard settings > Auto spell check and turn the feature off. You can also do this for Auto replace if desired. [1] X Research source
When Enhanced spell check is enabled, Chrome will send the text you type to Google for better spelling suggestions. [2] X Research source To use a simpler version of spell check that doesn’t send your text to Google, you can opt for Basic spell check. You can also toggle spell check on or off for individual languages you’re using in Chrome. Under “Use spell check for,” click the switches next to each installed language to enable or disable spell check.
Disabling autocorrect disables automatic corrections for all of your Docs or Slides files. [3] X Research source Disabling spelling suggestions prevents Docs and Slides from underlining suspected errors in red. However, it will only apply to the document or presentation that’s open now. [4] X Research source It’s not possible to disable spell check for Docs or Slides on an Android, iPhone, or iPad.
At this point, you’ll still see red underlines below each potential spelling error. If you want to get rid of those red underlines to completely disable spell check, read on.
If you want to stop seeing red underlines below potential grammatical errors as well, return to Tools > Spelling and grammar and click Show grammar suggestions.
