How to Enable the Double Tap Period Shortcut on an iPhone

Open your iPhone’s Settings., Scroll down and tap General., Scroll down and tap Keyboard., Slide the "."

4 Steps 1 min read Easy

Step-by-Step Guide

  1. Step 1: Open your iPhone’s Settings.

    This is the grey icon with cogs on one of the home screens.

    This may also be in the “Utilities” folder on one of your home screens.
  2. Step 2: Scroll down and tap General.

    This is in the third set of options. , This is in the seventh set of options. , Shortcut button to the On position.

    Now you can quickly double-tap Space while typing to automatically insert a period followed by a space.
  3. Step 3: Scroll down and tap Keyboard.

  4. Step 4: Slide the "."

Detailed Guide

This is the grey icon with cogs on one of the home screens.

This may also be in the “Utilities” folder on one of your home screens.

This is in the third set of options. , This is in the seventh set of options. , Shortcut button to the On position.

Now you can quickly double-tap Space while typing to automatically insert a period followed by a space.

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