# Joplin Windows Spell Check not working
**URL:** https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/joplin-windows-spell-check-not-working/28549
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [7 December 2022 17:21 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/joplin-windows-spell-check-not-working/28549 "2022-12-07T17:21:04Z")
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### Author:  [@JoplinLover](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/JoplinLover)
#### Post date: [7 December 2022 17:21 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/joplin-windows-spell-check-not-working/28549/1 "2022-12-07T17:21:04Z")
Version: Joplin for Desktop (windows 10), 2.8.8 (prod, win32)
You have a "spell check" thing, and it's enabled, for English.. but when I make a spelling mistake, it doesn't underline the thing with red or do anything to show that it's a bad spelling. I've toggled it off and on, doesn't seem to help. I just downloaded this for the first time, so no previous version was on my windows 10 machine.
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### Author:  [@JackGruber](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/JackGruber)
#### Post date: [7 December 2022 17:37 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/joplin-windows-spell-check-not-working/28549/2 "2022-12-07T17:37:29Z")
Have you enabled the spell checking BETA feature in the Joplin settings under general?
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### Author:  [@JoplinLover](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/JoplinLover)
#### Post date: [7 December 2022 17:44 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/joplin-windows-spell-check-not-working/28549/3 "2022-12-07T17:44:18Z")
I'm an idiot. Thank you. I didn't know I would have to if it's already an embedded feature.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [6 January 2023 17:44 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/joplin-windows-spell-check-not-working/28549/4 "2023-01-06T17:44:19Z")
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