How to Delete Text Replacements on an iPhone

Open your iPhone's Settings., Tap General. , Scroll down to Keyboard and tap it. , Select Text Replacement., Tap Edit., Tap the red circle to the left of an entry. , Tap Delete.

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Step-by-Step Guide

  1. Step 1: Open your iPhone's Settings.

    Do so by tapping the grey gear icon on one of your Home screens.

    If Settings is in a folder on one of your Home screens, the folder will be named "Utilities."
  2. Step 2: Tap General.

    ,, If you don't see any items here but you know you have text replacements enabled, try restarting your phone. , It's in the bottom left corner of the screen. ,, Doing so will remove your text replacement item.

    To remove all of your replacements, simply repeat this process for each item until they're all gone.
  3. Step 3: Scroll down to Keyboard and tap it.

  4. Step 4: Select Text Replacement.

  5. Step 5: Tap Edit.

  6. Step 6: Tap the red circle to the left of an entry.

  7. Step 7: Tap Delete.

Detailed Guide

Do so by tapping the grey gear icon on one of your Home screens.

If Settings is in a folder on one of your Home screens, the folder will be named "Utilities."

,, If you don't see any items here but you know you have text replacements enabled, try restarting your phone. , It's in the bottom left corner of the screen. ,, Doing so will remove your text replacement item.

To remove all of your replacements, simply repeat this process for each item until they're all gone.

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