Grammarly for Windows and Grammarly for Mac user guide

Grammarly for Windows is available in two forms: the floating Grammarly widget that appears next to the text fields you’re writing in, and the Grammarly tab with AI chat that appears on the right side of your screen.

Using the Grammarly tab with AI Chat

Accessing AI Chat and other agents

To open AI Chat, hover over the right edge of your screen, click on the Grammarly tab that appears, and select AI Chat from the agents’ panel on the right. To review Grammarly’s suggestions, click on the Grammarly agent in the same panel.

Using AI Chat

To interact with AI Chat, type your prompt in the “Ask AI” message box. AI Chat will use the context from your active window to tailor its response.

You can ask AI Chat for:

• Content generation (emails, summaries, blog drafts, etc.)
• Feedback or suggestions
• Help with rewriting, tone adjustments, and clarity

Note: You can use up to 1,000 AI chat prompts per day. If you reach your limit, AI Chat will reset the next day.

Using the Free plan? Upgrade to Pro to take advantage of advanced writing suggestions and more. Go to www.grammarly.com/plans to compare what Pro has to offer and choose the plan that works best for you.

Using the Grammarly widget

Checking text

Open any app or website on your computer and start typing—a floating Grammarly widget will appear on your screen. When a suggestion is available for a word or a phrase, Grammarly will underline it. You’ll also see the number of available suggestions inside the widget:

To review suggestions, click on the underlined word or on the floating Grammarly widget.

Note: In Microsoft Word, Grammarly may show a different interface with a list of suggestions. This interface allows you to review suggestions for the next 10 pages based on your cursor’s position. To view suggestions for other pages, move the cursor elsewhere in the text.

To accept a suggestion, simply click on the suggestion card. To learn more about the suggestion, click the three dots on the card. To dismiss an unhelpful suggestion, click the trash bin icon.

Using generative AI features

To start using Grammarly’s generative AI features, click the lightbulb icon, then type a prompt. You can also choose from the suggested prompts Grammarly offers based on your unique context.

Note: Each time you type a prompt or select a suggested prompt, it counts toward the monthly prompt limit. The Free plan includes 100 AI prompts per month, while Pro and Enterprise plans include 2,000 prompts per month.

To use the suggested text, click Insert:

You can also rewrite whole sections of text. To do that, highlight a specific part of your text, click on the blue sidebar that appears on the left, and select one of the options at the top of the suggestion card:

To type a custom prompt, click Revise with AI. To use the generated text, click Accept.

If you’re an individual Pro subscriber, you can share access to the advanced features with your colleagues and use the benefits together. Upgrading to a team plan can help boost your team’s productivity and reduce repetitive writing tasks. Go to the Members page to add your teammates.

Moving the Grammarly widget

The Grammarly widget has anchor points around text boxes and window corners, and it stays fixed in place when minimized so you always know where to find it.

If the initial location overlaps with something else, you can drag the widget to another anchor point, identified by blue dots. The widget location is saved for each app or website separately.

When you open Grammarly to check available suggestions, you can also move the window anywhere on your screen. If you click the X in the upper-right corner or navigate to another window, Grammarly will return to its anchored position.

Using Grammarly’s tone detector

If your text contains between 150 and 2,000 characters, you will see an emoji on the floating Grammarly widget that indicates the tone of your writing. Click the emoji to find out more about the tone of your message.

If you’d like Grammarly to stop checking the tone of your writing, click the floating Grammarly widget and then click the gear icon. In the Customization menu, turn off the Detect tone in my writing option. 

To learn more, see this article: Meet Grammarly’s Tone Detector

Customize your writing preferences

If you are a Grammarly Pro, Plus, Business, or Grammarly for Education user, you can turn certain types of suggestions on or off.

To do that, go to Your preferences page and turn on or off different groups of suggestions. These settings will apply across all Grammarly products you use.

Changing your language preference

Grammarly offers five dialect options: British English, American English, Canadian English, Australian English, and Indian English. Your language preference is set to American English by default. To change it:

1. Click the floating Grammarly widget and then click the gear icon in the upper-right corner.
2. Go to Writing Style and select your preferred option next to I write in.

Alternatively, go to your Language settings page and update your language preference there. Keep in mind that updating your language preference will apply this setting to all Grammarly product offerings you use.