How To Edit Google Toolbar Spell Checker List

One of the most frustrating issues using the Google toolbar spell checker in Explorer (yes, I know, I should use FireFox and I do, but I also use Explorer from time to time to make sure my websites are coming up correctly in that browser) is that if you are spell checking quickly, the checker will add a highlighted misspelled word to your OK list. If you’re like me and your spelling sucks (and you often misspell the same words when tying quickly), adding the misspelled words to the OK list is quite problematic.

Unfortunately, there is no way to edit the list from the Google toolbar itself and every time I need to deleted the words accidentally added, I have a terrible time finding how to do it. So, for everyone who has the same problem, and especially for me so I can find out how to do it quickly the next time, here is how you edit your spellcheck list:

(There currently isn’t) a way to edit your SpellCheck dictionary from the Google Toolbar for Internet Explorer. However, you can edit entries with a text editor. To do this, click the “Start” button on your Windows taskbar, select “Run” and then enter the following into the text box:

notepad “%HOMEPATH%\Application Data\Google\User Dictionary.txt”

If you’ve added words to your SpellCheck dictionary, a text file showing the words you’ve added will open. You can then edit, remove or add any words in this file. Once you’ve made the changes, please save the file.

Now maybe next time I won’t have to waste 30 minutes trying to remember how to do this…