Apple's iPhone Keyboard Restricts Predictive Text for Thousands of Phrases, Including Political Terms

11/08/2026

iOS reportedly maintains a gray list of over 4,500 phrases it won't autocomplete, according to researcher Derik Kauffman, affecting both typing and swipe input recognition.

11/07/2026

Macworld According to a research project by Derik Kauffman, Apple has a built-in list of words and phrases that the keyboard suggested words will never complete, and the...

11/06/2026

Hundreds of millions of people worldwide use iPhones, so Apple's choices about which words its keyboard suggests could quietly shape how they communicate. Apple has not publicly disclosed the...

11/06/2026

Hundreds of millions of people worldwide use iPhones, so Apple's choices about which words its keyboard suggests could quietly shape how they communicate. Apple has not publicly disclosed the...

11/06/2026

Apple has an undisclosed multilingual gray list of tens of thousands of words and phrases that its iOS keyboard will ​not autocomplete or swipe-type, a researcher said on Friday.

11/06/2026

Apple has an undisclosed multilingual gray list of tens of thousands of words and phrases that its iOS keyboard will not autocomplete or swipe type, a researcher said on Friday.

11/06/2026

An undisclosed multilingual list restricts iPhone autocomplete and swipe-typing suggestions for thousands of words and phrases, including politically sensitive terms

11/06/2026

Your iPhone's reluctance to suggest certain words runs the gamut from bodily functions all the way to Santa Claus, revealing some interesting boundaries in Apple's keyboard dictionary.iPhone...