Windows 10: Spell check won't turn off

When I use certain programs (such as Evernote and WhatsApp Web) that don't have their own spell check feature but instead use Windows' spell check, any (perceived to be) misspelled words are highlighted with the well known red squiggly line. It's annoying as very often the things that are highlighted aren't actually incorrect, so I want to turn it off. However, when I go to Windows settings -> devices -> typing and check "highlight misspelled words" it's already set to off. I tried switching it on and back off again but it doesn't change anything. Turning my laptop off and back on again doesn't do anything either.

How do I turn this off properly? The only solutions I can find on Google refer me to the setting I mentioned above which doesn't seem to work. Apologies is this is not the right place to post this.

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Spell Check Not Working ?

Hi,

Thank you for posting in Microsoft Community.

Share this information to assist you better.

• Have you made any recent changes prior to this issue?
• Is the issue particular to Mail app?
• Have you installed all pending updates?

From your issue description I understand that you need to turn on the Spell check feature in windows mail app.
Follow the steps below to Turn on the spell check in Settings.



1. Type Settings.

2. Click on Device.

3. Select typing.

4. Turn ON autocorrect misspelled word.

5. Turn ON highlight misspelled word.

Hope this helps. Get back to us for further assistance.

 

Spartan/Edge.. turning on spell check??





And spell with 3 L's auto corrected for me, most words do, which is a pain when I write German, or a mix of both English & German.
For a list, go to the right of the word, right click, and swipe left.

 

Windows 10 spell check menu position

Dictionary file corruption is one of the possible reasons you're having challenges with spell checker. To further troubleshoot the issue, we suggest that you clear Spell Checking Dictionary on your computer. Follow the steps below:

• Open File Explorer, type %AppData%\Microsoft\Spelling into the address bar, and press
  Enter.
• Open the folder for a language you want to customize (ex: en-US).
• You can now clear the dic file.
• When done, hit File in Notepad, click Save.

After performing the steps above, let us know the results.