Turn On/Off Smart suggestions in new Outlook app in Windows 11

The new revamped and free Outlook app for Windows has a clutter-free interface, intelligent grammar and spelling checker, and many other features. Among all such features, a Smart suggestions feature is also there. And, in this tutorial, we will show you how to turn on or off Smart suggestions in the new Outlook app in Windows 11. By default, this feature remains turned on. Those who don’t want to use it temporarily can disable it and also turn it on when needed.

What are Smart suggestions in the new Outlook app for Windows?

The Smart suggestions feature helps you write and reply to emails faster with intelligent and automatic AI-powered suggestions. This feature is pretty much similar to the Smart Compose and Smart Reply feature of Gmail and is also available in Outlook on the web. It has two parts:

Text predictions: With this option turned on, the Outlook app will suggest words or phrases when you compose a new email. As you get the suggestion, you can press the Tab key or right arrow key to add it to the email.
Suggested replies: Using this option, the Outlook desktop app will provide you with three suggested replies just above the Reply button of an email. You can select a reply, edit it, and send your reply.

Turn On or Off Smart suggestions in new Outlook app in Windows 11

The steps to turn on or off the Smart suggestions feature in the new Outlook desktop app for Windows 11 are as follows:

Launch the Outlook desktop app
Click on the Settings icon present on the top right part
A Full Options window will open. There, select the Mail category
Click on the Smart suggestions option
In the Smart suggestions section, uncheck the boxes available for Show suggested replies (under Suggested Replies) and Suggest words or phrases as I type option (under the Text predictions section)
Press the Save button
Close the Full Options window to come back to the main interface.

Later, when you want to turn on the Smart suggestions feature in the Outlook desktop app, repeat steps 1 to 5. After that, select check boxes for the Suggest words or phrases as I type option and Show Suggested replies option. Finally, hit the Save button.

I hope this helps.

Now Read: How to set up Automatic Replies or Vacation Reply in Outlook

How to disable Autocorrect or Spellcheck in Windows Mail app

There are two methods to disable the Autocorrect or Spellcheck feature in Windows.

1] Via Windows Settings

Click the Start button and choose Settings.
Then, double click Devices.
On the left pane, select Typing.
To disable Autocorrect, set the Autocorrect Misspelled Words toggler button to Off.
Turn off all the other toggler buttons below that are related to Autocorrect.

2] Via Mail app settings

Open the Windows Mail App.
In the Windows Mail app, click the New Mail button.
On the New Mail window, click the Options button.
Then click the Spelling box drop-down arrow.
Under Proof Reading and Language, click the check box Hide All Proofing Marks; the Hide Proofing Marks in Selected Text will be disabled.
Ensure that the check box is ticked.

If you start to type in the mail app, you will not see any form of autocorrect or Spellcheck.

We hope this tutorial helps you understand how to disable Autocorrect or Spellcheck in Windows Mail app.

TIP: If you’re using Outlook on the web, navigate to Settings > View all Outlook settings > Mail > Compose and Reply, and adjust the Microsoft Editor settings there.

How do I turn off suggestions in Outlook app?

If you want to turn off Suggested replies in Outlook on the web app, then first log in to your account. Select the Settings option (on the top right side). In the Settings panel, click on the Mail option. Next, under the Layout section in the same panel, select Compose and reply. Now scroll down the Compose and reply section, uncheck the Show suggested replies option, and hit the Save button.

How do I turn off smart search in Outlook?

There isn’t any smart search feature in Outlook. Instead, you can perform an Advanced Search by applying filters to customize the search. In Outlook, click on the Search box, then the Filters icon and the Filters panel will open. Now you can set the Search in area (All folders, Inbox, Junk, etc.), Keywords, Subject, date range, etc., and perform an advanced search. To turn off the Advanced Search in Outlook, use the Clear filters button in the Filters panel, and then start the search.