Key Takeaways
- It Saves time by expanding short text into full phrases
- Reduces repeated typing across apps
- Disabling the policy turns off keyboard shortcuts
- Requires a supervised iOS device
- Works on iOS 9 and later
Hey, let’s discuss about How to Control iOS Keyboard Shortcut Settings using Intune. IOS Text Replacement helps users type faster by expanding short shortcuts into full phrases, such as turning “omw” into “On my way”. It reduces repetitive typing for things like email signatures, addresses, emojis, or common responses, making everyday communication quicker and more efficient across all apps.
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How to Control iOS Keyboard Shortcut Settings using Intune
If this policy is set to false, keyboard shortcuts are disabled, which means text replacements will no longer work. This setting requires the device to be supervised and is supported on iOS 9 and later. When managed properly, it helps organizations control typing behavior while still maintaining consistency and security across devices.
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How to Create a Policy
To start deploying a policy in Intune, sign in to the Microsoft Intune Admin Center. Then, go to Devices > Configuration profiles > Create New Policy. Select Platform as iOS/iPadOS, and profile is Settings catalog.
Basic Step for Name and Description
In the basic details section, you must enter essential information about a policy, including its name, description, and platform details. I will give the name Allow keyboard shortcuts. You can add the description if you want to, as it helps you identify the policy later.
Configure Keyboard Shortcuts Policy
In the configuration settings, first locate the option to add settings through a hyperlink and click on it. This action will open a settings picker. Next, select the Restrictions category and select Allow Keyboard Shortcuts.
After that, you can close the settings picker window. Once you close the settings window, you will be directed to the configuration settings page. This setting is turned on by default. If you want to keep this setting enabled, click the next option.
Block Keyboard Shortcuts Policy
To enable this policy, you need to enable this Policy. You will find a toggle switch there. Moving the toggle from right to left and is labeled false. This indicates that the option is not activated. Then click Next to continue.
What is Scope Tag
After the configuration tab, you will find the scope tags section. In this section, you can add a scope tag for the policy, but it is not mandatory; therefore, I will skip this part and click Next.
Assignments Tab
In this section, you can specify the group to which you want to apply the policy. I clicked on Add Groups under the Include Group option. When I clicked Add Groups a list of suggested groups appeared. I selected the group(HTMD Supervised Devices – iOS/iPadOS) and now it is visible on the assignment page. After this, click Next to proceed.
Review + Create Step
After completing the assignments, you will reach the review and create option, which is the final stage of policy creation. You can view all the details about the policy, including the basics, specifics, and configuration details. Now,click on the Create option then, you will see a notification Allow Keyboard Shortcuts created successfully”.
Monitoring status
To view a policy’s status, go to Devices > Configuration in the intune portal, select the policy (Allow Keyboard Shortcuts), and check that the status shows Succeeded (1). Use manual sync in the Company Portal to speed up the process.
How to Remove Assigned Group from Keyboard Shortcuts Policy
After creating the policy, if you want to remove the specific group that you previously selected, you can easily do that. First, go to Devices > Configuration policies. In the Configuration policy section, search and select the policy. In the Assignment section, you will find an Edit option and click on it. Then, click the Remove option.
For detailed information, you can refer to our previous post – Learn How to Delete or Remove App Assignment from Intune using by Step-by-Step Guide.
How to Delete Keyboard Shortcuts Policy from Intune
If you want to delete this policy for any reason, you can easily do so. First, search for the policy name in the configuration section. When you find the policy name, you will see a 3-dot menu next to it. Click on the 3 dots, then click the Delete button.
For detailed information, you can refer to our previous post – How to Delete Allow Clipboard History Policy in Intune Step by Step Guide.
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Anoop C Nair has been Microsoft MVP from 2015 onwards for 10 consecutive years! He is a Workplace Solution Architect with more than 22+ years of experience in Workplace technologies. He is also a Blogger, Speaker, and Local User Group Community leader. His primary focus is on Device Management technologies like SCCM and Intune. He writes about technologies like Intune, SCCM, Windows, Cloud PC, Windows, Entra, Microsoft Security, Career, etc.