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One of the (many) great things about Android is that it’s so customisable. Sometimes it’s hard to know where to go to change settings, though, so here we explain how to turn off predictive Scroll down to Language & input and tap on it. Under the sub-heading Keyboard & input methods you will see which keyboard you are currently using and  not so obviously – the settings for it beneath that: the menu item states the name of the keyboard and the language.

Drag down from the top of the screen twice if you have Lollipop to bring up the quick settings. Then tap the cog icon to open the settings menu. On other phones, it might be a slightly different route to settings, but you can always check the app tray for the Settings app and pin it to your home screen if you want a really quick way to change settings.

Scroll down to Language & input and tap on it. Under the sub-heading Keyboard & input methods you will see which keyboard you are currently using and not so obviously  the settings for it beneath that: the menu item states the name of the keyboard and the language.

Tap on the name of the keyboard  in this case Google Keyboard and you will see all the available settings.

To turn off predictive text, tap Text correction and then at the bottom of the next screen, turn off ‘Next-word suggestions.

Another option in the Text correction menu is your Personal dictionary. You can add words to this, and it’s useful if Android tends to autocorrect someone’s name or another word you use regularly. When you add a word, you can also enter a shortcut to type that word – that’s invaluable when you have long or complex words. Yet more options include toggles for showing correction suggestions; personalised suggestions (which

shows words you type a lot or are learned from other Google services); and showing contact names as suggestions.

If you back up a level from the Text correction menu, you’ll find the Gesture Typing menu. In that, you can disable the ability to type words by swiping across the keyboard, turn off the gesture trail and turn off automatically adding spaces between words when you swipe over the spacebar.

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In the Advanced menu, options vary depending on your phone model. On some, you can set the delay time for a long key press  such as when you hold down ‘T’ to get the number 5 and the vibration duration for a key press. Here you can also choose how long the phone vibrates when you tap a key.