Recent Windows 11 update lets you disable profanity filter in voice typing

If you felt like swearing when voice typing on your Windows 11 laptop, but found the profanity filter censoring the F words with asterisks, you’re in luck. Microsoft appears to be open to its users cursing more often, as it has introduced a toggle switch to disable the profanity filter in voice typing.

Microsoft no longer wants Windows 11 to censor swear words with the profanity filter in voice typing

This change is part of the latest Windows 11 Insider Preview Build. It will allow users to have the swear words transcribed exactly as they are spoken. Microsoft is rolling out this feature to the Dev and Beta Channels.

For the uninitiated, the profanity filter is visible in voice typing settings (Win + H, then settings icon). If you have that filter enabled by default, after the update, you should be able to disable it. 

The company is testing the ability to disable the profanity filter in builds like 26200.5570 (Dev) and 26120.3941 (Beta) for Windows 11, version 24H2, and 22635.5305 for 23H2. In a recent Windows Insider blog, Microsoft noted:

We’re excited to address the top customer feedback for voice typing by starting to roll out a new setting that lets you control the profanity filter. With this setting on, voice typing will continue to filter out profanity, masking it with asterisks, like it already did. With the setting off, it will type out your profanity like any other words.

Also read: Microsoft wants Windows 10 users to upgrade to Windows 11 or Copilot + PCs

Other features are rolling out too

Beyond the profanity filter, Microsoft recently rolled out the “Click to Do” feature for Surface Pen users on Copilot+ PCs. Not to forget, the company has also launched the long-awaited, controversial Windows Recall feature to Copilot + PCs.