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Huawei: Turn Quick Period On or Off

If double-tapping the space bar keeps adding a period and a space in the middle of a sentence, the Quick period feature in your keyboard is switched on. It can also work the other way around: you expect a fast period shortcut while typing and nothing happens because the option is off. Either way, the setting sits inside the keyboard preferences, not in the general typing settings.

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Enable or Disable Quick Period on the Keyboard auf Huawei

Quick period is a SwiftKey keyboard behavior. Double-tapping the space bar inserts a period followed by a space, which speeds up typing but can also interrupt sentences you did not intend to end.

This setting lives inside the keyboard app itself, since Huawei phones use SwiftKey as the default input method on many EMUI builds. It is separate from autocorrect or predictive text, so turning off autocorrect will not stop the double-space period trick.

Where to find the toggle

Follow this path to reach the option:

Open the settingsTap on System & updateTap on Language & inputTap on SwiftKey KeyboardTap on TypingTap on Typing & autocorrectActivate or deactivate Quick period

Switch it off if you often type abbreviations, decimal numbers, or messenger handles that use double spaces, since those get accidentally turned into sentence breaks. Turn it on if you type long messages and want faster punctuation without reaching for the period key.

If a different keyboard app is installed as default, this exact menu path will not appear. In that case, check the typing or text correction settings inside that keyboard app instead.

Frequently asked questions

Quick period is turned on in the keyboard settings. Disable it under Open the settingsTap on System & updateTap on Language & inputTap on SwiftKey KeyboardTap on TypingTap on Typing & autocorrectActivate or deactivate Quick period.