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.

I found that if you go to the add or remove section and search teams, then click on the ellipse's and click advanced options. once in the new section scroll down to reset and click on reset, it deletes the apps data and once reloaded the spell checker will work for a bit and then revert back later to not working.

This is maddening. It has been broken for many months, and even when following the instructions to fix it by checking the language settings, rechecking the settings boxes in Teams, clearing the cache etc., it will only work for a little while, but then a Teams update processes and it breaks again. How in the world does Microsoft allow it to go live, and even retire the 'classic' version, when the 'New' version has so many major issues?!

That's a temporary fix I'm afraid.. Microsoft have confirmed that they are aware of this issue and will be rolling out a fix: Service health - Microsoft 365 admin center Current status: We've developed a Teams-side fix for this issue that will enable spell checking by modifying the configuration changed by the code regression. We expect this fix will completely deploy by our next scheduled update Estimated time to resolve: We expect that the issue will be fully resolved by Wednesday, February 14, 2024. Thanks, Will

Clearing the cache from %appdata%\Microsoft\Teams didn't do anything for me. However I got my spell check working by resetting the app through Apps and Features > Microsoft Teams > Advanced Options, Then clicking Reset. Maybe try that. Update: Teams auto updated after resetting and the spell check is broken again :{

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

2024-02-15T18:54:11+00:00

I found that if you go to the add or remove section and search teams, then click on the ellipse's and click advanced options.

once in the new section scroll down to reset and click on reset, it deletes the apps data and once reloaded the spell checker will work for a bit and then revert back later to not working.
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2024-02-08T19:20:56+00:00

This is maddening. It has been broken for many months, and even when following the instructions to fix it by checking the language settings, rechecking the settings boxes in Teams, clearing the cache etc., it will only work for a little while, but then a Teams update processes and it breaks again.
How in the world does Microsoft allow it to go live, and even retire the 'classic' version, when the 'New' version has so many major issues?!
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2024-02-08T17:17:10+00:00

That's a temporary fix I'm afraid.. Microsoft have confirmed that they are aware of this issue and will be rolling out a fix:

Service health - Microsoft 365 admin center

Current status: We've developed a Teams-side fix for this issue that will enable spell checking by modifying the configuration changed by the code regression. We expect this fix will completely deploy by our next scheduled update

Estimated time to resolve: We expect that the issue will be fully resolved by Wednesday, February 14, 2024.

Thanks,

Will
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2024-02-07T17:44:03+00:00

Clearing the cache from %appdata%\Microsoft\Teams didn't do anything for me. However I got my spell check working by resetting the app through Apps and Features > Microsoft Teams > Advanced Options, Then clicking Reset. Maybe try that.

Update: Teams auto updated after resetting and the spell check is broken again :{
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