I have my Teams language set to English (United States), have enabled spell check in Teams, and restarted (force quit) Teams, yet spellcheck is not working for me at all in the new Teams. I know on January 17, 2023, Microsoft included the following spellcheck issues in their list of known issues with Teams : On Windows, spell checking is limited to English (United States) dictionaries. Until this feature is fixed, users can disable spell checking from the settings page. Some spell checker suggestions for English can be inaccurate. A Windows fix is pending, with an estimated rollout date of January. Users can choose to disable spell checking from the settings page until then. However, the issue seems to be broader than that, as I'm not just getting inaccurate suggestions, I'm not getting any suggestions at all. It is not underlining incorrect words, and it is not providing any suggestions. I typed a message into a Teams chat with simple mistakes, then waited 15 seconds in case maybe there's a delay in spellcheck, but nothing gets highlighted as incorrect. (screenshot below) My Teams version info: You have Microsoft Teams version 23335.232.2637.4844(preview). You've got the latest version. It was last updated on 1/23/2024.The client version is 49/24010419113.

clearing the teams cache by following the instructions in the like worked for me

What worked for me (your mileage may vary): Quit Teams Run Task Manager and stop all other occurrences of Teams ( I had 3 instances lurking!) Run the App manager in settings and uninstall ALL versions - there may be several Download and install a fresh copy Spell check now working. Good luck!

I was able to use the built-in Cache cleaner in New Teams to at least temporarily get spell check back. It was very fast. How To "Fix" the Spell Check Problem in New Teams This is a workaround and not the real solution. MS is working on a Windows patch. Please be aware this fix will shut down your teams while the fix runs. Don't run this fix during a meeting. It is clearing out the cache in New Teams. In Windows 10, open up Apps & Features Find Microsoft Teams (work or school) Select Advanced Options Scroll down all the way to Reset and then (as long as you are ready for Teams to close) click on Reset . Wait about 10 seconds or so and then restart Teams. Spell check should be restored with red squiggles under typos.

Spellchecker in new Teams is not working

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I have my Teams language set to English (United States), have enabled spell check in Teams, and restarted (force quit) Teams, yet spellcheck is not working for me at all in the new Teams.

I know on January 17, 2023, Microsoft included the following spellcheck issues in their list of known issues with Teams:

On Windows, spell checking is limited to English (United States) dictionaries. Until this feature is fixed, users can disable spell checking from the settings page.
Some spell checker suggestions for English can be inaccurate. A Windows fix is pending, with an estimated rollout date of January. Users can choose to disable spell checking from the settings page until then.

However, the issue seems to be broader than that, as I'm not just getting inaccurate suggestions, I'm not getting any suggestions at all. It is not underlining incorrect words, and it is not providing any suggestions.

I typed a message into a Teams chat with simple mistakes, then waited 15 seconds in case maybe there's a delay in spellcheck, but nothing gets highlighted as incorrect. (screenshot below)

My Teams version info:
You have Microsoft Teams version 23335.232.2637.4844(preview). You've got the latest version. It was last updated on 1/23/2024.The client version is 49/24010419113.

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Clearing the cache worked for me on Windows 11 with Teams version 23335.232.2637.4844.

Close Teams, Open this directory: %userprofile%\appdata\local\Packages\MSTeams_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache\Microsoft\MSTeams

Delete all files

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2024-02-06T20:24:46+00:00

clearing the teams cache by following the instructions in the like worked for me
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2024-02-06T21:36:01+00:00
What worked for me (your mileage may vary):
- Quit Teams
- Run Task Manager and stop all other occurrences of Teams ( I had 3 instances lurking!)
- Run the App manager in settings and uninstall ALL versions - there may be several
- Download and install a fresh copy
- Spell check now working.
Good luck!
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2024-02-06T23:16:27+00:00

This worked for me! Thank you.
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2024-02-06T23:21:25+00:00
I was able to use the built-in Cache cleaner in New Teams to at least temporarily get spell check back. It was very fast.

How To "Fix" the Spell Check Problem in New Teams

This is a workaround and not the real solution. MS is working on a Windows patch. Please be aware this fix will shut down your teams while the fix runs. Don't run this fix during a meeting. It is clearing out the cache in New Teams.
1. In Windows 10, open up Apps & Features
2. Find Microsoft Teams (work or school)
3. Select Advanced Options
1. Scroll down all the way to Reset and then (as long as you are ready for Teams to close) click on Reset.
2. Wait about 10 seconds or so and then restart Teams. Spell check should be restored with red squiggles under typos.
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