How to turn off Rephrase on a Windows device?

Turning off Rephrase is simple, and we’ve included steps below to show you how to turn it off within each ProWritingAid integration on a Windows device.

If you're using a Mac device, you can find instructions for turning off Rephrase here.

Web Editor

To turn off our Rephrase feature in your Web Editor, please follow the below steps.

  1. Click on the Menu tab in the top left-hand corner of the Editor.
  2. You should see the 'Show Rephrase Toolbar' option listed in the drop-down menu.
  3. Press the slider next to that option (as shown in the below screenshot) to toggle our Rephrase feature on or off.

Word Add-in for Windows

To turn off rephrases in our Word Add-In, you can follow the below steps.

  1. If you haven't already, click on the ProWritingAid tab on your Word ribbon.

2. Go to your ProWritingAid Word Add-In settings, which you can find here:

3. This will open a new window. Make sure you have the circled option below un-checked to disable rephrases.

Desktop App

To turn off our Rephrase feature in the Desktop App, please see the below steps.

  1. Go to the 'Tools' tab at the top of the Desktop App
  2. Click on 'Rephrase Toolbar'
  3. Check the 'Disabled' option to disabled rephrases.

ProWritingAid Everywhere for Windows

To turn off rephrases in ProWritingAid Everywhere for Windows, you can follow the below steps.

  1. Locate your ProWritingAid Everywhere icon on your desktop toolbar. For example:

2. Right click on the ProWritingAid Everywhere icon, and select 'Settings' from the options that appear.

3. Go to the 'Settings' section at the bottom of the pop-up that will appear. Please note that you may need to scroll, or move the right-hand side bar, down to find this. You can then un-check the rephrase settings there to disable them.

Chrome Browser Extension

To turn off our Rephrase feature in your browser extension, please follow the below steps.

  1. Click on the PWA logo in your extensions bar in the top right-hand corner. You should then see a similar menu to the one below:

2. Un-check the option circled below to disable rephrases in your browser extension.

If you have any questions about Rephrase that we haven’t already answered, please get in touch with us at hello@prowritingaid.com, and we’ll be happy to help you!

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