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Martin_Slepicka
Copper Contributor
Oct 10, 2022

How to disable writing assistance via Group Policy

Hello,

 

new Edge version 106 has got settings "Use writing assistance". I look for matching settings in group policy for Edge but with not succes. I use the latest adml and admx files. 

Group setting Disable spellcheck will help but only for Edge 104 (and lower).

Edge 106 has replaced settings Spell check and implemented Writing assistance but group policy are not prepared for this change.

 

Thanks for you reply.

 

Martin Slepicka

Czech Republic

 

    • Martin_Slepicka's avatar
      Martin_Slepicka
      Copper Contributor
      Nov 02, 2022
      Hello,

      this is not disabling writing assistance, this is only switch from Microsoft editor to basic spelling. We would like disable writing assistance at all and this is possible only by Edge GUI or by editing Preferences file in user profile not by Edge group policy because Microsoft does not implement it. We have to stay on version 104 until Microsoft solves it and properly implements disabling writing assistance into group policy.
      • SCharest0228's avatar
        SCharest0228
        Copper Contributor
        Nov 07, 2022

        Martin_Slepicka I don't know if it will help you but I used a workaround. I left the spellcheck GPO enabled, then enabled the "Force disabled spellcheck languages" GPO and added all the used languages that I wanted disabled.

         

        The supported languages are: af, bg, ca, cs, cy, da, de, el, en-AU, en-CA, en-GB, en-US, es, es-419, es-AR, es-ES, es-MX, es-US, et, fa, fo, fr, he, hi, hr, hu, id, it, ko, lt, lv, nb, nl, pl, pt-BR, pt-PT, ro, ru, sh, sk, sl, sq, sr, sv, ta, tg, tr, uk, vi.

    • Sysmaint's avatar
      Sysmaint
      Copper Contributor
      Nov 25, 2022
      Brilliant. I have a closed system that does not have access to the internet. Setting "Spell checking provided by Microsoft Editor" to "Disabled" was the solution. Now "Use writing assistance" was set to Basic, and then spell check works without internet access.

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