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.

So it's been 7 month's since this issue was raised, and still nothing. Can anyone from Microsoft team elaborate what is done with this topic(and few similar)? Teams page is saying same, we are working but nothing more, what state, any progress or that we work only on weekends and during full moon so it can take some time.

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.

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.

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

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

2024-08-21T13:18:04+00:00

So it's been 7 month's since this issue was raised, and still nothing.

Can anyone from Microsoft team elaborate what is done with this topic(and few similar)?

Teams page is saying same, we are working but nothing more, what state, any progress or that we work only on weekends and

during full moon so it can take some time.
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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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Anonymous

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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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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