Spellchecker in new Teams is not working

Anonymous
2024-01-23T18:39:58+00:00

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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Anonymous
2024-01-31T15:46:24+00:00

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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  1. Anonymous
    2024-01-29T14:26:21+00:00

    I also have the same issue. Spell check is not working on the new teams, even though the spell check funtion box is checked "on".

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-01-29T15:12:52+00:00

    From someone else's directions, within Apps and settings, i deleted at least 1 Teams version and now have only these

    Not sure where I went after that, but did spell check enabled on both where I could - and it was worked for almost 2 whole days now:)

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-01-29T15:22:06+00:00

    I did uninstall as per IT's guided me, and re-installed, but at lunch the app vanished and now teams isn't not working on the app again. I have a logged a ticked with our IT department. The spell check is only working on the web version so using that for now. Thanks for your help. :)

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-01-29T15:28:11+00:00

    The new team is really bad anyway. I switched back to the old one, and use Grammarly. Less trouble.

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