How can i make Swype FORGET a word??

[jcardona1]

Ok this is really annoying! not sure if it's a Swype thing of the phone itself. a while back i went to type the word "actg", short for accounting. now swype remembers this word and whenever i want to type the word "a", Swype inserts "actg" which is extremely annoying and frustrating!

do you guys know if i can make swype forget this word? thanks!

 

[jsh1120]

Ok this is really annoying! not sure if it's a Swype thing of the phone itself. a while back i went to type the word "actg", short for accounting. now swype remembers this word and whenever i want to type the word "a", Swype inserts "actg" which is extremely annoying and frustrating!

do you guys know if i can make swype forget this word? thanks!

I've had a similar problem and cannot find the answer on the Swype forum site. In general, it appears that user access to the dictionary is not well documented or available. The Swype software manages it and adds words but it's very difficult to look over its shoulder to see what is going on, much less to intervene.

AHA! Found the answer... From the Swype site....

"If it had been a user-added word, all you would have to do is highlight the word and press the Swype key. You'd then see a notification that the word was removed from the UDB. Happy Swyping,.."
Franklin

Franklin is the customer support guru at Swype.

 

[les017]

I am pretty sure that Swype does not remember the word itself. All added words are added to the User Dictionary.

go Droid Settings > Language & Keyboard > User Dictionary....select word and it will ask you to "edit" or "delete"

 

[jcardona1]

tried that but that word doesnt even show up in my user dictionary. ??

 

[Flomaster]

I am pretty sure that Swype does not remember the word itself. All added words are added to the User Dictionary.

go Droid Settings > Language & Keyboard > User Dictionary....select word and it will ask you to "edit" or "delete"

not if you TAP a word out then press space bar swype will learn this word it will NOT be entered into the dictionary

try it out find a word that swype doesn't know then tap it out and then try and swype it

-=Jason=-

 

[jsh1120]

I am pretty sure that Swype does not remember the word itself. All added words are added to the User Dictionary.

go Droid Settings > Language & Keyboard > User Dictionary....select word and it will ask you to "edit" or "delete"

I may be wrong, but I believe that only works for the "Android Keyboard." I'm pretty certain, for example, that I had to re-enter my wife's and daughter's names into the Swype keyboard after I switched from the leaked version to the beta. And both of those names are in my "User Dictionary." Not 100% certain of this but pretty close.

 

[bizfox]

Ok this is really annoying! not sure if it's a Swype thing of the phone itself. a while back i went to type the word "actg", short for accounting. now swype remembers this word and whenever i want to type the word "a", Swype inserts "actg" which is extremely annoying and frustrating!

do you guys know if i can make swype forget this word? thanks!

I've had a similar problem and cannot find the answer on the Swype forum site. In general, it appears that user access to the dictionary is not well documented or available. The Swype software manages it and adds words but it's very difficult to look over its shoulder to see what is going on, much less to intervene.

AHA! Found the answer... From the Swype site....

"If it had been a user-added word, all you would have to do is highlight the word and press the Swype key. You'd then see a notification that the word was removed from the UDB. Happy Swyping,.."
Franklin

Franklin is the customer support guru at Swype.

The above method works... I just tried it...

 

[jcardona1]

^ PERFECT!!! thanks, that did the trick

 

[jsh1120]

^ PERFECT!!! thanks, that did the trick

This is my "pay it forward" moment today. Earlier today I had a perplexing problem with the K-9 email program on my wife's new Droid. Spent an hour searching for an answer and finally posted the problem here. Twenty minutes later another user posted the solution.

BTW, I'm not affiliated with this site in any way, but a couple of days ago I became a supporting member. Considering that I've probably derived about $1000 worth of support from other users here in the four months I've owned my Droid I figured it was only fair to show my appreciation. I'd urge others to think about the value this site provides.

 

[DbNero]

^ PERFECT!!! thanks, that did the trick

this fix didnt work for me. when i attempted it, it simply pulled up the suggestion box.

 

[takeshi]

You're sure you highlighted the word first?

 

[DbNero]

cmon man, of course im sure.

 

[mach330]

the question is..how do you know what''s in swype's "remembered words"?

 

[tyler918273]

It didn't work for me either. I tried double tapping to highlight and select text and both ways after pressing the swype key I got a word selection window.

 

[mach330]

like someone said. you can only delete a word that you made swype learn. the built in dictionary, you cannot delete. yeah..it sux.