How to disable the lowercase keyboard on iPhone and iPad

By Serenity Caldwell
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By default, the iPhone and iPad keyboard switches between uppercase and lowercase letters when you tap the shift key. This is meant to help you differentiate when you are typing in caps or not, but some people prefer only seeing uppercase letters. If that sounds like you, you can easily disable the keyboard from switching cases.

How to disable lowercase keys on your iPhone and iPad

  1. Launch the Settings app from your Home screen.
  2. Tap General.
  3. Tap Accessibility.

  1. Tap Keyboard.
  2. Tap the On/Off switch beside Show Lowercase Keys.

Tap Keyboard, tap the switch next to Lowercase Keys

How to disable character previews on iPhone

When you touch a key on the iPhone keyboard, you will notice that a magnified version pops up above it. This is known as a character preview, and on iPhone you can disable them. Unfortunately, on iPad you don't have this option.

  1. Launch the Settings app from your Home screen.
  2. Tap General.
  3. Tap Keyboard.
  4. Tap the On/Off switchbeside Character Preview.

Tap General, tap Keyboard, tap the switch next to Character Preview
Serenity Caldwell
Serenity Caldwell

Serenity was formerly the Managing Editor at iMore, and now works for Apple. She's been talking, writing about, and tinkering with Apple products since she was old enough to double-click. In her spare time, she sketches, sings, and in her secret superhero life, plays roller derby. Follow her on Twitter @settern.