Stop iphone keyboard from automatically switching to text when typing numbers (with spaces).

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Stop iphone keyboard from automatically switching to text when typing numbers (with spaces).

Please - help me stop the iphone keyboard from automatically switching back to text when I'd like to stay on the numbers display "after hitting the space bar."

So if I type 76 76 76 76 "with spaces as demonstrated" I want to stop the iphone keyboard from automatically going back to text after hitting the space bar for a space between each "76" ,

... IOW I don't want the iphone keyboard to "automatically" switch between the numbers and text - when typing numbers, I want to manually tap the "ABC" key to switch text no matter how many times I press the space bar when typing numbers.

Posted on Dec 17, 2025 10:07 AM

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LD150

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Dec 17, 2025 10:16 AM in response to cindycb

Annoying but cannot be worked around with the standard keyboard. Space is an alphabetic character so it switches to alpha keyboard.

My postal code is something like LA2 8AB, and it is so annoying to type on an iOS device, but unless there is a third party keyboard, I'm stuck with it.

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