Help Need help removing a "dictionary" word from my phone!

[Aileron]

Hi guys.
Over the past few days, the word "DONT" has ended up in my phone's dictionary. Now, whenever I type "dont" and expect the phone to automatically place an apostrophe in the correct place (via spellcheck), it changes the word to "DONT" instead. It's a vexing occurrence, seeing as I've already gone into Settings > Language & Input > Personal Dictionary and cleared the few words that were there. And "DONT" wasn't among them. I've had to completely turn off the spell checker, which I'd rather keep active.

Can someone shed some light on this issue? Thanks in advance.

 

[dontpanicbobby]

Welcome to the forums Aileron. Turn the spell checker back on and when the word shows up over your keyboard long press on it and choose remove from dictionary. That should do it.

 

[Aileron]

Thanks for the welcome.
I just tried what you suggested; unfortunately, no option to "remove from dictionary" shows up. If I long-click on the word, it simply brings up a list of similar words.

 

[dontpanicbobby]

Are you using the Samsung Keyboard as your default?

 

[Aileron]

I checked settings and under 'Keyboard & Input Methods', the 'Google Keyboard - English (US)' box is checked. I'm not sure where to find the options for the Samsung keyboard.

 

[dontpanicbobby]

Sorry about that. I don't know why but I confused the Nexus 4 with the Samsung Galaxy S4. Of course you don't have a Samsung Keyboard option. I'm out of ideas. Your fellow Nexus 4 users should be able to help you out.

 

[John Bean]

I deliberately added "dont" and I see your problem; I couldn't find an obvious way to remove it either.

Deleting the data for the keyboard app appears to do the trick, although it will also lose any other keyboard customisations you may have made including other personal dictionary words.

If you want to try it, go to Settings->Apps and swipe to the "All" tab. Find "Google Keyboard" and tap it, then tap "Clear data" and confirm.