No matter which iPhone you have youll see and be able to use this example unless you deleted it.

What is text replacement on iphone. Go back to the main Settings screen and tap Cellular. With text replacement you can use shortcuts to replace longer phrases. 3 Turn Off iMessage on iPhone.

Its similar to the. Tap the switch to turn your data off. You may be familiar with this feature but there is something you may not.

Eg laughing out loud. You can create a shortcut and when typed it will expand into the complete word phrase or sentence you that you apply to it. How to create your own keyboard shortcuts on the iPhone.

Type the text phrase you want to create and then enter the text shortcut that will trigger it when youre typing. Tap General then tap Keyboard. The feature allows users to choose a letter combination that corresponds to a phrase or a sentence.

Once this letter combination is entered during typing on an iPhone the corresponding phrase or sentence will replace that letter combination as part of the predictive text input. Since data and Wi-Fi are turned off your phone will default to standard SMS texts. Open Settings app from your iPhone or iPad.

In this tutorial I introduce you to the text replacement feature on your iPhone. I havent been able to get this to work on an iPhone either but my workaround of creating a Text Replacement on my Mac with iCloud Drive turned on and System Preferences allowed to use it the default works. For Older iOS open Settings iCloud Manage Storage.