How to completely disable auto replacement on Xiaomi: 5 ways for all models

Auto-replacement on Xiaomi smartphones is a useful feature for those who often type typo messages, but a real headache for users who care about the accuracy of the input. MIUI aggressively corrects even correctly written words, replaces professional terms with “more suitable” options, and sometimes distorts the meaning of phrases, especially when working with foreign words, nicknames in games or technical acronyms.

Complicating the problem, different versions of MIUI and different models (Redmi Note 12, POCO X5, Xiaomi 13T) may have different paths to auto-replace settings. In this article, we’ll look at all the current ways to disable auto-correction, from standard keyboard settings to hidden developer settings, and learn how to remove auto-replace completely or customize it to your needs while maintaining useful features like word prompts.

Why Xiaomi Auto Replacement is Too Aggressive

The default MIUI keyboard (aka Gboard in the latest versions) uses three levels of correction:

• 🔹 Basic Dictionary – built-in dictionaries for Russian, English and other languages that are updated through the Xiaomi cloud.
• 🔹 Personalized data – the system remembers your frequently used words and phrases (including errors!).
• 🔹 Cloud sync – if you have a Mi Account enabled, the keyboard pulls up learning data from Xiaomi servers, often leading to illogical replacements.

As a result, even the properly written word "MIUI" can automatically turn into "miui" (with a small letter) or "MIUI" (fully capital), and the technical term "OC" (operating system) into "ok", especially after system updates, when Xiaomi adds new "features" to the keyboard without the possibility of flexible configuration.

Another reason for hyperactive auto-replacement is regional settings, where if the phone is labeled as the wrong region (like the U.S. instead of Russia), the system will tighten the vocabulary for American English, which will result in the replacement of the British words (colour → color) or Russian transliterations with the Latin alphabet.

Method 1: Disable auto-replacement in standard keyboard settings

The most obvious method is to use the built-in keyboard options, which is suitable for most Xiaomi, Redmi and POCO models on MIUI 12-15:

1. Open any application where you can type text (such as Messages or Notes).
2. Tap the input field to make the keyboard appear.
3. Press the gear icon (⚙️) in the top row of the keyboard (or hold the comma if the icon is not available).
4. Select Keyboard Settings → Text input → Auto-Replacement.
5. Turn off the sliders: 🔘 Automatic replacement 🔘 Automatic comma placement 🔘 Propose corrections

Text input box open | Found keyboard settings icon |All sliders in Auto Replace section Disabled |Verified that words are no longer automatically corrected-->

If your MIUI version does not have Auto Replacement, try an alternative route:

Settings → Additional settings → Language and input → Current keyboard → Settings → Text correction

⚠️ Attention: On some firmware (POCO F4, Redmi K50) When auto-replacement is disabled, you may miss the typo lighting. To return it, turn on the option to highlight errors in the same menu.

Method 2: Reset the keyboard dictionary (if the auto-replacement "remembered" the errors)

If the keyboard is persistently replacing specific words (like your last name or nickname), even when auto-replacement is disabled, the problem is the personalized dictionary.

1. Go to Settings → Applications → Application Management.
2. Find the keyboard (keyboard) MIUI or Gboard and open its settings.
3. Select Warehouse → Clear Data (not to be confused with Clear Cache!).
4. Confirm action. This will delete all saved words, but it won't affect system settings.

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If the keyboard is slowing down after resetting the dictionary, restart the phone, which is due to re-indexing the MIUI data.

Method 3: Use of an alternative keyboard (Gboard, SwiftKey)

If the standard Xiaomi keyboard does not give flexibility in settings, the best solution is to install a third-party.

To install an alternative keyboard:

1. Download the app from Play Market or APKMirror (if there are no Google services).
2. Go to Settings → System → Language and input → Current keyboard.
3. Turn on the slider opposite the new keyboard and select it by default.
4. Open the keyboard settings and turn off: 🔘 Autocorrection 🔘 Prediction of the text (optional) 🔘 Dynamic learning

⚠️ Note: Xiaomi with firmware without Google services (Miui) EU, some POCO) Gboard may not be installed. In this case, use AnySoftKeyboard or keyboard from Huawei (there is a keyboard for the user). APK).

Method 4: Disabling Cloud Keyboard Synchronization

If auto-replacement continues to work despite all the settings, cloud sync via Mi Account is to blame. Xiaomi tightens the "shared" dictionaries for all users, which leads to the replacement of rare terms with "standard" options.

1. Go to Settings → Accounts and Sync → Mi Account.
2. Turn off the slider Keyboard Synchronization (or Input Data Synchronization).
3. Return to the keyboard settings and reset the dictionary (see Method 2).

After that, the system will stop updating the dictionary from the cloud, but will lose the ability to sync your personal words between Xiaomi devices. If you want to sync, use Gboard with a link to your Google account - there are more flexible settings.

Method 5: Manual editing of system files (for advanced ones)

If all previous methods have failed, the last option is editing MIUI configuration files. This is a risky way, but it is guaranteed to disable auto-replacement at the system level. It is only suitable for unlocked downloaders and root-access firmware!

Instructions:

1. Install a root access explorer (such as Root Explorer or FX File Explorer).
2. Cross the path: /data/data/com.miui.mmservice/shared_prefs/ And find the file. input_method_subtype.xml.
3. Open the file in the text editor and find the lines: <boolean name="auto_correction_enabled" value="true" /> <boolean name="auto_capitalization_enabled" value="true" /> Replace true with false.
4. Save the file, reboot the phone.

For owners. POCO and Redmi with AMOLED-It's useful to turn off the vibration when you press the keys, which saves up to 5% of the charge per day. → Press vibration).

FAQ: Frequent questions about auto replacement on Xiaomi