# My Spool-Chocker Stopped Working

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-spool-chocker-stopped-working/971508>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 13, 2022, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-spool-chocker-stopped-working/971508 "2022-09-13T16:33:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b77776/32.png) [@Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_was_in_Saudi)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2022, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-spool-chocker-stopped-working/971508/1 "2022-09-13T16:33:17Z")

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I am using Windows 11. This morning I discovered my spell-checker does not work when I am typing comments in Brave (my browser) or Edge (which I never really use). Oddly, WOrd still works just fine. How did I manage to screw this up? How might I fix it?

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**Author:** ![yearofglad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/b782af/32.png) [@yearofglad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yearofglad)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2022, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-spool-chocker-stopped-working/971508/2 "2022-09-13T16:53:17Z")

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In order to turn Windows 11’s built-in spellchecker back on (or to verify that it is, in fact, turned off):

1. Press _Win+I_ This will open the Settings app of Windows 11
2. Access **Time & language** category using the left section
3. Go to the **Typing** page visible on the right part
4. Turn off the **Highlight misspelled words** button.

Try that out - see if it is actually turned off, and it should be able to be turned on again.

As to how you might have turned it off, I don’t know - there doesn’t seem to be a single keystroke combination to toggle it.

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**Author:** ![Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b77776/32.png) [@Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_was_in_Saudi)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2022, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-spool-chocker-stopped-working/971508/3 "2022-09-13T16:59:59Z")

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Thank you. That seems to have fixed it.

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**Author:** ![Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b77776/32.png) [@Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_was_in_Saudi)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2022, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-spool-chocker-stopped-working/971508/4 "2022-09-14T00:07:08Z")

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Goshm darnm it, it is nom longerm highlighting isspelledm wordsm, nom matterm howm obviousm theym are. I will deal witht his in the afternoon. It is a school night.

I swear it was working an hour ago.

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**Author:** ![Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b77776/32.png) [@Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_was_in_Saudi)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2022, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-spool-chocker-stopped-working/971508/5 "2022-09-14T09:06:01Z")

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OK, spell-checking works in Mail, Word, and just about everything else. It does not work in the browsed Brave (my main browser) or Edge (as far as I can tell).

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**Author:** ![Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b77776/32.png) [@Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_was_in_Saudi)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2022, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-spool-chocker-stopped-working/971508/6 "2022-09-14T14:12:46Z")

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It was a problem with Brave. I went into settings and flipped a switch. Now it works.

Thank you all.