What changed: the screenshots are now our own iPhone 17e on iOS 27.0.1, dark mode, and the wording is checked against those screens.

howtosimply.com/guides/how-to-show-only-capital-letters-on-the-iphone-keyboard/ · Checked October 2026 · iPhone 17e · iOS 27.0.1

In this guide

Open Settings and tap Accessibility
Scroll down and tap Keyboards & Typing
Switch off Show Lowercase Keys
Check the keyboard
If you do not see this option
If this does not work
Good to know
Sources

Quick answer

Open Settings, tap Accessibility, then Keyboards & Typing, and switch off Show Lowercase Keys. The switch is on at first. According to the note on the page, it affects keyboards that use the Shift key to switch between uppercase and lowercase letters.

4 of 4 steps with real screenshots · 1 official source below

Device: iPhone
Shown on: iOS 27.0.1 (iPhone 17e)
App: Settings
Path: Settings › Accessibility › Keyboards & Typing
Real screenshots: 4 of 4 steps
Checked: October 2026
Sources: 1 official, linked below

Step by step

Open Settings and tap Accessibility
Accessibility is in the group below Battery, just under General.
Done
Scroll down and tap Keyboards & Typing
It is under the heading Accessories, near the bottom of the page.
Done
Switch off Show Lowercase Keys
It is under the heading Software Keyboards at the bottom of the page. It was on on our iPhone 17e.
Done
Check the keyboard
The keys now show capital letters all the time. Look at the Shift key to see whether the next letter will be a capital: on ours, after typing one letter, Shift was off and the keys still showed capitals.
Done

What changed: the screenshots are now our own iPhone 17e on iOS 27.0.1, dark mode, and the wording is checked against those screens.

If you do not see this option

Your keyboard has no Shift key. The note under the switch says it affects keyboards that use the Shift key to switch between uppercase and lowercase letters.
You want bigger keys instead. Apple's tip: turn the iPhone to landscape for a larger keyboard in many apps, including Mail, Messages, Notes and Safari. Source: Adjust the onscreen and external keyboard settings for accessibility on iPhone

If this does not work

You still type small letters. The switch only changes what the keys show. Tap Shift for a capital letter, or double-tap it for Caps Lock. Source: Adjust the onscreen and external keyboard settings for accessibility on iPhone · Source: Type with the onscreen keyboard on iPhone
The letters are still hard to read. Hover Typing, at the top of the same page and Off on ours, displays words in larger text while you type.

About this guide

The keys of the iPhone keyboard change between small and capital letters each time Shift is on or off. Some people find the constant change restless, or read capital letters more easily. One switch decides whether the keys show lowercase letters.

The screenshots are our own, taken on an iPhone 17e running iOS 27.0.1, in dark mode. Ours had Show Lowercase Keys on.