How to delete old iCal Autofill

my dog Coco died, and a lot of times when I start to add something in Calendar, her name keeps popping up from past entries… it's super depressing, and I want to know how to turn off this auto fill/predictive text from past calendar event entries. please help!

iPhone 15 Pro, iOS 17

Posted on Oct 26, 2023 9:01 AM

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Oct 27, 2023 11:00 AM in response to andra292

Hi andra292,

We'd like to provide some information on how to manage predictive text on iPhone, which may be helpful. Please check out this link, which explains how to manage or turn off that feature, and will guide you through that process: Use predictive text on iPhone

Turn off predictive text

1. While using the keyboard, touch and hold or .

2. Tap Keyboard Settings, then turn off Predictive.

When you turn off Predictive, iPhone may still try to suggest corrections for misspelled words. To accept a correction, enter a space or punctuation, or tap Return. To reject a correction, tap the “x.” If you reject the same suggestion a few times, iPhone stops suggesting it.

Note: Turning off the Predictive setting turns off both predictive text and inline text predictions.

Thank you.

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