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.

Another workaround is to install the free version of Grammarly (on your computer so that it works in apps like Teams) to run basic spellcheck.

Good day, What is the estimated solution delivery on this issue? People all over the world are facing problems because of this and the issue was already acknowledged by Microsoft over six months ago. It is mindboggling that the new Teams is now forced on everyone while this issue still exists. Gross incompetence from Microsoft! To be clear, the issue is that the spelling check on a second and subsequent language does not work. It only works for the main language.

The spell checker does not work immediately. The first email of the day always means it does not work. Also the spell checking does not work ion the subject area. Please sort this out MS. You are forcing people to use this new version, without having it ready for basic functions!

MS are aware of this issue and are deploying a fix. From TM711150 Current status: Our support case analysis has isolated a recent service update to improve language suggestions for spelling errors that has introduced a code regression, preventing the use of spell check in the new Microsoft Teams. We've developed and validated a fix which will address the regression and remediate the impact. We've begun the deployment of our fix which we're expecting to complete and remediate the problem during the week of Monday, February 5, 2024, and we'll confirm our timeline for remediation by our next scheduled 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

2024-01-24T17:40:46+00:00

Another workaround is to install the free version of Grammarly (on your computer so that it works in apps like Teams) to run basic spellcheck.
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Anonymous

2024-07-26T08:49:00+00:00

Good day,

What is the estimated solution delivery on this issue? People all over the world are facing problems because of this and the issue was already acknowledged by Microsoft over six months ago. It is mindboggling that the new Teams is now forced on everyone while this issue still exists. Gross incompetence from Microsoft!

To be clear, the issue is that the spelling check on a second and subsequent language does not work. It only works for the main language.
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2024-03-22T08:26:18+00:00

The spell checker does not work immediately. The first email of the day always means it does not work.

Also the spell checking does not work ion the subject area.

Please sort this out MS.

You are forcing people to use this new version, without having it ready for basic functions!
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Anonymous

2024-02-02T05:58:43+00:00

MS are aware of this issue and are deploying a fix.

From TM711150

Current status: Our support case analysis has isolated a recent service update to improve language suggestions for spelling errors that has introduced a code regression, preventing the use of spell check in the new Microsoft Teams. We've developed and validated a fix which will address the regression and remediate the impact. We've begun the deployment of our fix which we're expecting to complete and remediate the problem during the week of Monday, February 5, 2024, and we'll confirm our timeline for remediation by our next scheduled update.
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