How to Turn On or Off Typing Insights in Windows 10


You can use different keyboards with Windows to fit your needs. The most common is a physical, external keyboard that you plug into your PC. Windows 10 includes a touch keyboard for PCs.

Starting with Windows 10 build 17704, Windows now shows you insights about how its AI has been helping you type with efficiency. If you use the software keyboard (aka: touch keyboard) on Windows 10, there are many features built into the typing experience that leverage AI and ML to help you be more efficient. Some examples include autocorrecting your spelling mistakes, prediction of the next word you would type, word suggestions as you start typing so you don’t have to type the full word and the number of words you’ve typed by swiping over the letters on the software keyboard. Windows 10 now shows you stats about each of these features.

This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off showing typing insights for stats about software keyboard usage and hardware keyboard prediction features for your account in Windows 10.


Contents

  • Option One: Turn On or Off Typing Insights in Settings
  • Option Two: Turn On or Off Typing Insights using a REG file






OPTION ONE

Turn On or Off Typing Insights in Settings


1 Open Settings, and click/tap on the Devices icon.

2 Click/tap on Typing on the left side, and click/tap on the Typing insights link under How AI has helped you on the right side. (see screenshot below)

Turn On or Off Typing Insights in Windows 10-typing_insights-1.jpg

3 Turn on (default) or off Typing insights for what you want. (see screenshot below)

Turn On or Off Typing Insights in Windows 10-typing_insights-2.jpg

4 You can now close Settings if you like.






OPTION TWO

Turn On or Off Typing Insights using a REG file


The downloadable .reg files below will modify the DWORD value in the registry key below.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Input\Settings

InsightsEnabled DWORDs

0 = Off
1 = On


1 Do step 2 (on) or step 3 (off) below for what you would like to do.


2 To Turn On Typing Insights

This is the default setting.

A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.

Turn_ON_Typing_Insights.reg

Download


3 To Turn Off Typing Insights

A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.

Turn_OFF_Typing_Insights.reg

Download


4 Save the .reg file to your desktop.

5 Double click/tap on the downloaded .reg file to merge it.

6 When prompted, click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK to approve the merge.

7 You can now delete the downloaded .reg file if you like.


That's it,
Shawn