Take the 2-minute tour ×  I'd be grateful if any Canadian
speakers can tell me: in the context of an option in a computer
dialog box/menu, which of the words "untick" vs "uncheck" is
most commonly used (or are they used interchangeably)?
share|improve this question I'm in Australia and we would never
say uncheck, only untick. You tick boxes here, not check them.
–  user11960 Aug 15 '11 at 5:17 add comment  2 Answers  up vote
8 down vote accepted  Uncheck is far more common. Anecdotally, I
have rarely seen the word untick while I fairly regularly hear
and use the word uncheck.  But, to demonstrate it better, do a
google search for untick with Canadian location. It lists 16,200
results. By contrast, searching for uncheck with Canadian
location returns 695,000 results.  share|improve this answer
Clever use of Google search. –  Kyle Aug 18 '11 at 22:08 add
comment  Both would be understood. I would say uncheck is more
common. Don't think I've ever heard "untick" used.
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