Removing the iPhone’s microphone button

screen capture of iPhone keyboard with microphone button circled in red and crossed outHow to get rid of the microphone button on the iPhone keyboard you keep accidentally tapping:

Even if you have a newer, bigger iPhone, a lot of us still accidentally tap the little microphone icon when we’re trying to hit the space bar. Here is how you can simply get rid of it.

The microphone button starts up dictation, which is certainly a useful feature for some people, but it’s an annoyance to others. If you’re not a fan, getting rid of the button should make your life a little easier:

  1. Tap Settings -> General -> Keyboard
  2. Set the “Enable Dictation” toggle to off.

With that, the microphone will disappear.