Let’s say you accidentally added one or more misspelled words and you aren’t sure exactly what they are. If you right-click or Ctrl-click a word and don’t see “Unlearn Spelling,” visit TextEdit. You’ll need to head to TextEdit if you ever accidentally add a word to your dictionary in many other Mac applications. However, many Mac applications, including Google Chrome, haven’t bothered implementing the “Unlearn Spelling” option.

It was added to TextEdit in Mac OS X 10.7, and other applications can choose to offer this feature. This would be more convenient if other Mac applications also provided this feature. You don’t need to save the empty document you created. Click the “Unlearn spelling” option to remove the misspelled word from your personal dictionary.Ĭlose TextEdit afterwards and click “Delete” when you’re asked to save your modified document. You can then Ctrl-click or right-click the misspelled word. Type the misspelling into TextEdit, or copy and paste it from the other application. Create a new document in TextEdit by clicking the “New Document” button.

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