If you’ve updated to iOS 13 or picked up a new iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, or iPhone 11 Pro Max, you’re probably enjoying the perks of the latest software upgrade. Dark mode, a revamped Photo app, and ‘Sign in with Apple’ are some of the awesome features Apple just introduced. But thanks to a swear censor in iOS 13's swipe-to-type keyboard, you can only write about how ducking excited you are about them.
Should you attempt to swipe an expletive, your iPhone will autocorrect it to something more, erm, tasteful. Words like ‘ducking,’ ‘shut,’ and ‘as dole’ replace your beloved swears. See what I mean:
Needless to say, this simply won’t do. As someone who has wished for a swipe-to-type on my iPhone since the day I got my first one, I refuse to have one that stifles my choice in vocabulary. And I’m sure I’m not alone.
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Luckily there’s a simple way to teach your keyboard your favorite cusses. Here’s how:
1. Open the Settings app on your iPhone.
2. Select General, then Keyboard, followed by Text Replacement.
3. Tap the plus icon (+) in the top right corner. Type —don't swipe — the dirty word you’d like to say in both the phrase and shortcut boxes. Click save.
Now your keyboard should stop censoring you. It might take a bit for iOS 13 to recognize the word you’re trying to swipe, but the right phrase should at least show up in the predictive text bar.
