Disable text prediction

Supported OS tags: Windows10, Windows10RT, Windows11, Windows7, Windows8, Windows81, WindowsRT, WindowsRT81, WindowsServer2008, WindowsServer2012, WindowsServer2012R2, WindowsServer2016

Prevents the Touch Keyboard and Handwriting panel (a.k.a. Tablet PC Input Panel in Windows 7 and Windows Vista) from providing text prediction suggestions. This policy applies for both the on-screen keyboard and the handwriting tab when the feature is available for the current input area and input language. Touch Keyboard and Handwriting panel enables you to use handwriting or an on-screen keyboard to enter text, symbols, numbers, or keyboard shortcuts. If you enable this policy, Input Panel will not provide text prediction suggestions. Users will not be able to configure this setting in the Input Panel Options dialog box. If you disable this policy, Input Panel will provide text prediction suggestions. Users will not be able to configure this setting in the Input Panel Options dialog box. If you do not configure this policy, Input Panel will provide text prediction suggestions. Users will be able to configure this setting on the Text Completion tab in Input Panel Options in Windows 7 and Windows Vista.

This policy has no additional user input fields.

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  For tablet pen input, don’t show the Input Panel icon

  Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, and Windows Vista
• Computer
  For touch input, don’t show the Input Panel icon

  Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, and Windows Vista
• Computer
  Include rarely used Chinese, Kanji, or Hanja characters

  At least Windows Vista
• Computer
  Prevent Input Panel tab from appearing

  Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, and Windows Vista
• Computer
  Turn off AutoComplete integration with Input Panel

  Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, and Windows Vista
• Computer
  Turn off password security in Input Panel

  At least Windows Vista
• Computer
  Turn off tolerant and Z-shaped scratch-out gestures

  Windows Vista only