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title: "iOS keyboard blocks over 100,000 words from predictive text, including ‘dictator Trump’"
description: "Apple says the list is meant to prevent inappropriate predictions, but users can type anything they want"
url: https://mactoreality.com/ios-keyboard-blocks-over-100-000-words-from-predictive-text-including-dictator-trump
published: 2026-11-06T16:30:58Z
updated: 2026-11-06T16:30:58Z
author: "Mac to Reality Newsdesk"
category: News
tags: ["Privacy & security","Software"]
publisher: Mac to Reality
ai_assisted: true
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# iOS keyboard blocks over 100,000 words from predictive text, including ‘dictator Trump’

*Apple says the list is meant to prevent inappropriate predictions, but users can type anything they want*

**Key points**

- A researcher discovered over 100,000 words blocked from iOS keyboard autocomplete.
- The list includes political phrases such as 'dictator Trump' and 'sleepy Joe'.
- Apple said the blocklist is part of its design to avoid inappropriate suggestions, but users can still type blocked words.

More than 100,000 words and phrases in every major language are silently barred from appearing in iOS keyboard autocomplete and swipe-type predictions, [Reuters reported today](https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/apples-predictive-text-restrictions-include-dictator-trump-sleepy-joe-researcher-2026-11-06/). The blocklist includes racial slurs, sexual and drug-related terms, and overtly political phrases such as ‘dictator Trump’, ‘sleepy Joe’, ‘covid was a hoax’, ‘left wing conspiracy’ and ‘illegal immigrant’.

The researcher used OpenAI’s Codex and Anthropic’s Claude Code to locate the list, which is stored as a hash table deep in the operating system. A second researcher independently verified the same blocklist. Apple said its keyboard’s prediction system is built to steer clear of content that could be seen as inappropriate or insulting, but stressed that users can still type any word and can override suggestions shown on screen.

Some less expected phrases also appear on the list, including ‘Santa isn’t real’ and ‘iMessage isn’t working’. [The Verge](https://www.theverge.com/tech/1028663/apple-ios-keyboard-blocked-words-autocomplete) noted that ‘bad girl’ is blocked while ‘bad boy’ is not.

## Sources

- [Reuters: Reuters report](https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/apples-predictive-text-restrictions-include-dictator-trump-sleepy-joe-researcher-2026-11-06/)
- [The Verge: Apple has a secret list of banned autocomplete phrases including ‘dictator Trump’ and ‘covid is a hoax’](https://www.theverge.com/tech/1028663/apple-ios-keyboard-blocked-words-autocomplete)

*This report was written by the Mac to Reality newsdesk with AI assistance from the sources listed above, under the editorial policy at https://mactoreality.com/editorial-policy.*