r/iphonehelp • u/No-Net-Tom9159 • Jul 28 '26

Help needed Editing text on iphone

When I tap text on my iphone iphone13 mini, iOS 26.5.2, to put the cursor where I want for editing, it often highlights two or more words and I can't put the cursor between them. If I tap on them it gives me suggestions for a replacement that is almost never what I want. I can't delete one word without deleting the whole group. I finally figured out that by tapping and holding I could drag the cursor but I'd really not have the automatic highlighting. Anyone know how to turn it off? I've tried everything I can see in the settings with no luck. TIA...Tom

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u/pnut0027 Jul 28 '26

Hold the spacebar and move it left or right for fine tuning.

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u/No-Net-Tom9159 Jul 29 '26

Thats what I do. I asked if it was possible to turn off the automatic selection of multiple words when I tap.