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S23 Ultra turn off handwriting mode

(Topic created: 01-09-2024 11:21 AM)
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DavidC1857
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Galaxy S23

I've already tried to go into the handwriting settings and turning s-pen detection off. It doesn't work.

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LongHiker
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@DavidC1857 The setting is in phone settings -> Advanced -> S Pen and is called S Pen to text. If you turn that off, it will not enable the ability to use the S Pen in any text entry field. 

If that doesn't work for you, please explain in more detail where you are seeing this ability but do not want it to appear. 

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LongHiker
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@DavidC1857 The setting is in phone settings -> Advanced -> S Pen and is called S Pen to text. If you turn that off, it will not enable the ability to use the S Pen in any text entry field. 

If that doesn't work for you, please explain in more detail where you are seeing this ability but do not want it to appear. 

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Thanks, bookmarked just in case I need to revise my settings on my S23. I appreciate your help.
DavidC1857
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Thank you so much. That fixed it.

Basically, every time I tried to use the pen in any text input field, I got handwriting mode. I prefer GBoard over the Samsung keyboard but it was doing it in both.

I wouldn't mind trying out handwriting mode. But it appeared automatically after an update and I could not turn it off. I googled everything I could think of and all I could find was the s-pen setting.

Thanks.