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If you don't have lowercase keys on your iPhone, you may have disabled the feature by mistake. Luckily, you can turn it back on again in a few simple steps. If you want to type in all lowercase, you can disable the Auto-Capitalization feature. Here's how to show lowercase keys on an iPhone.
Quick Steps
- Open Settings.
- Tap Accessibility.
- Tap Keyboards.
- Toggle on Show Lowercase Keys.
Steps
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Open the Settings app. This is the gray cog icon.- Make sure your iPhone is updated to the latest version.
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Tap Accessibility. You'll need to scroll down to find this option. It's a few settings underneath General.Advertisement -
Tap Keyboards. This is underneath the Physical and Motor header. -
Toggle on"Show Lowercase Keys". When you use the Shift key to switch between uppercase and lowercase, you'll now see lowercase letters when the mode is active.
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Open the Settings app. This is the gray cog icon.- Use this method if you want to stop your iPhone from capitalizing the first word of every sentence. This will allow you to type in all lowercase.[1]
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Tap General. You may need to scroll down to find this. -
Tap Keyboard. This is underneath Date & Time. -
Toggle off"Auto-Capitalization". When you type, words will no longer be automatically capitalized.
- You can also enable the double tap period shortcut and slide to type feature on this page.
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Tips
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After you enable Show Lowercase Keys in your settings, you can still double tap on the Shift key on your keyboard to lock uppercase letters without having to turn this feature off again.Thanks
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Normally, lowercase mode is on by default.Thanks
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1. Open Settings.
2. Tap General.
3. Tap Accessibility.
4. Tap Keyboard.
5. Slide Show Lowercase Keys to "on".
