How do i turn off editing in google docs

Do you need help shutting off a new feature where Google Docs has started to complete your words or sentences? Is it driving you nuts? I helped a friend shut it off and want to share what I found so you don’t have to suffer.

Head to Tools > Preferences > Show Smart Compose Suggestions and unclick the check box! That’s all!

Update: Some users are reporting finding this under Editor > Text Predictions

Google Docs have started to complete the words and sentences of some users. So far this may only be impacting enterprise-level accounts of Google Suite. Hopefully, this helps you if you’re Googling for solutions on auto-fill, autocomplete, word completion, predictive text, QuickType, Smart Compose, etc. so you don’t have to waste time!

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How do I turn off edits in Google Docs?

Accept or reject all suggestions.

On your computer, open a document at docs.google.com..

Click Tools. Review suggested edits..

A box will appear in the top right..

To preview what your document will look like with or without the changes, click the Down arrow. and choose an option..

Click Accept all or Reject all..

How do I view a Google Doc without editing?

How do you hide edits in Google Docs? To hide all the edits (comments, suggestions) in Google Docs, go to File, and hover over the Version history entry in the drop-down list. Then, click See version history and move the slider to the Only show named versions option.