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.

Here is how I resolved the issue for my environment. Verified that I had spell check turned on in Teams and in OS following other posts here. Closed Teams (make sure it is closed and not running in the background). Reset Teams in Windows 11 OS by: Navigating to Settings>Installed Apps>Microsoft Teams (work or school) Click on ellipse (3 dots) Select 'Advanced Options' Scroll down list to Reset area. Select Repair and wait for finish. Select Reset Close dialog box Open Teams, there should be a slight delay while it builds profile. Go to Teams settings and make sure Spell Check option is selected. Restart Teams as stated if you had to select it. Start a chat and test spell check. This is what worked for me. I hope it works for you.

Hello! I recently started having the same trouble in MS Teams. (Since February 5th, which is post the end of January update) I've reviewed the troubleshooting steps above. Here's where I am with each. Settings are correct for my machine. English with US QWERTY keyboard. Enabled. I disabled; closed Teams. Opened Teams; enabled the spell check option, and restarted Teams again. This did not help. I tried French; this did nothing to snap Teams into English Spell Check. I am unable to duplicate these steps. Please advise. See 2 - already did this without success. I have. I do this daily. This has had no effect. Spell check works on Teams on my mobile device. Do you have other suggestions for how I can get Teams to Spell Check? I'm having to compose messages in MS Word and copy/paste into Teams so that I don't look like a fool in my professional environment. Thank you!

Thank you very much, this worked for me!!!!!

Mate, this has been broken for months now and is making me look like an imbecile at work, do you have an update?

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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Anonymous

2024-02-09T20:50:33+00:00
Here is how I resolved the issue for my environment.
- Verified that I had spell check turned on in Teams and in OS following other posts here.
- Closed Teams (make sure it is closed and not running in the background).
- Reset Teams in Windows 11 OS by:
  
  Navigating to Settings>Installed Apps>Microsoft Teams (work or school)
  
  Click on ellipse (3 dots)
  
  Select 'Advanced Options'
  
  Scroll down list to Reset area.
  
  Select Repair and wait for finish.
  
  Select Reset
  
  Close dialog box
- Open Teams, there should be a slight delay while it builds profile.
- Go to Teams settings and make sure Spell Check option is selected. Restart Teams as stated if you had to select it.
- Start a chat and test spell check.
This is what worked for me. I hope it works for you.
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2024-02-09T21:34:49+00:00
Hello! I recently started having the same trouble in MS Teams. (Since February 5th, which is post the end of January update)

I've reviewed the troubleshooting steps above. Here's where I am with each.
1. Settings are correct for my machine. English with US QWERTY keyboard.
2. Enabled. I disabled; closed Teams. Opened Teams; enabled the spell check option, and restarted Teams again. This did not help.
3. I tried French; this did nothing to snap Teams into English Spell Check.
4. I am unable to duplicate these steps. Please advise.
5. See 2 - already did this without success.
6. I have. I do this daily. This has had no effect.
7. Spell check works on Teams on my mobile device.
Do you have other suggestions for how I can get Teams to Spell Check?

I'm having to compose messages in MS Word and copy/paste into Teams so that I don't look like a fool in my professional environment.

Thank you!
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Anonymous

2024-02-12T15:25:12+00:00

Thank you very much, this worked for me!!!!!
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2024-02-13T03:05:59+00:00

Mate, this has been broken for months now and is making me look like an imbecile at work, do you have an update?
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