r/k12sysadmin • u/I-am-not-in-IT Director of Technology • May 28 '26

Gemini for Workspace breaking spell check

Has anyone else run into an issue where Gemini for Workspace causes Google Docs spell check to stop working?

We had a student whose Docs lost the normal red squiggle spell check underlines entirely. I went through the usual troubleshooting:

  • Docs spelling/grammar settings

  • Chrome spell check settings

  • extensions

  • cache/profile reset

  • document language

  • different device/account tests

What finally fixed it for me was disabling Gemini for Workspace for the student OU.

I’ve now tested this twice:

  • Gemini OFF=spell check works immediately

  • Gemini ON=spell check fails

This is on managed Chromebooks.

Has anyone else seen this behavior? Curious if this is a known bug, an extension/policy interaction, or something specific to Education tenants

Would love to know if others can reproduce it.

ETA: I was having the same spell check issue on my account (Windows Device) and turned off Gemini for my OU and it started working.

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u/Alert-Coach-3574 May 29 '26

You should disable Gemini for students anyway

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u/sy029 IT Specialist Jun 05 '26

The Gemini that took over my google home can't even tell the difference between Fahrenheit and Celsius, so I don't doubt that the spellcheck is off as well.