AutoTyper for Google Docs FAQ

Yes — that is the point. Once you click Start, you can close the browser tab, shut the laptop, head to class, or go to sleep. AutoTyper keeps typing into your Google Doc on our servers, not in your browser, so nothing on your end needs to stay open. When you come back, open File → Version history in Google Docs and the edit timeline accrued while you were gone will be waiting.

Connect your Google account once, pick a single Google Doc, paste your draft, and choose a duration from 10 minutes to a full week. AutoTyper is a human typing simulator built for Google Docs: it drip-writes your text into the document in small paced chunks, with natural intervals, occasional typos, and a light revision pass across the window you chose. The resulting version history looks like a real writing session — not a paste. For Drive permissions details, see the question below.

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AutoTyper is not a Chrome extension or a Tampermonkey script — those die the moment the tab closes, the popup blocks, or the session token expires. Instead, AutoTyper runs as a server-side session: the moment you click Start, the typing job is queued on our servers, authenticates to Google Docs with the token you granted, and drip-writes in small paced chunks at the rhythm you picked. If your Wi-Fi blips or your laptop sleeps, the server keeps going; if the token glitches, the session retries. That is how one paste can turn into a full week of paced typing without anyone babysitting a browser tab.

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Open File → Version history → See version history in Google Docs, or use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + Alt + Shift + H on Windows / Cmd + Option + Shift + H on Mac. A panel opens on the right showing every recorded edit on the document, grouped by timestamp.

Server-side typing is included on every plan — Free, Pro, and Day Pass — so you can close the tab on any tier and the session keeps running on our servers. Two upgrades come with Pro: a priority queue (your sessions start ahead of Free queue) and faster intervals between chunks (so a long session feels more responsive). Free is also fully server-side, not browser-tab-bound — that's a deliberate difference from Chrome-based auto typers that pause the moment the tab closes.

Total duration is the full window — for example 30 minutes, 6 hours, or 1 week — that AutoTyper has to spread your text across. Shorter durations type faster (more words per minute); longer durations type slower and produce a longer-looking writing session in version history.

Because Google Docs version history doesn't track typing one character at a time — it groups editing activity into short batches and only stamps the result. Typing one character at a time wouldn't make the timeline more 'human'; it would just take longer to write the same draft. Google Docs and writing playback tools both look at the natural batches of writing, so AutoTyper writes at that grain — and Pro shapes those batches with natural intervals and breaks, plus typos and corrections, to look like a real writer's rhythm.

Because Google Docs already groups rapid edits into single version stamps regardless of how fine you type — going one character at a time wouldn't be more believable, just slower. AutoTyper writes in natural batches that match how Google Docs and writing playback tools actually look at the document. Day Pass writes at a sentence pace that lands cleanly in version history; Pro writes at a finer grain so the rhythm holds up even under writing playback — with natural intervals and breaks (short pauses while writing, longer ones for stepping away), planted typos that get corrected later, and an end-of-session revision sweep.

AutoTyper is optimized for how Google Docs records and replays writing — version history grouping and writing playback reconstruction — not for matching the exact timing of every key on a live keyboard. The goal is a believable writing progression in the document's history, which is what gets reviewed. The pacing engine is improved continuously; if something looks off in your timeline, email us.

For sessions longer than 2 hours, AutoTyper automatically inserts short natural breaks — about 10 to 30 minutes — scattered at irregular intervals. This mirrors how real writers work: a stretch, a coffee run, a quick walk away from the keyboard. In your Google Docs version history these breaks show up as small gaps in the writing timeline, making the session look like an actual workday rather than nonstop typing. Free sessions stay uninterrupted because they're capped at 1 hour, well below the threshold. The breaks are part of the human-pacing design, not a bug — the session resumes automatically and your duration budget already accounts for them.

Only if text is pasted directly into the doc. AutoTyper handles the same draft differently: it adds the text across the duration you choose, so version history builds up as a series of paced edits instead of one all-at-once event.

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In Google Docs, a large paste usually appears as one sudden edit. AutoTyper approaches the same draft differently: it writes across a chosen time window so the document history builds gradually instead of arriving in one burst.

Usually yes. Google Docs groups multiple edits made within short time windows into a single visible version stamp to keep the panel readable. Click the arrow next to that version to expand it — you'll see the individual edits AutoTyper made during your session. The grouped display is the default Google Docs UI, not a sign that anything went wrong.

Not really — Google Docs doesn't let you delete or turn off version history for a document, and any workaround (copy-paste into a new doc, rename, etc.) leaves its own paste-shaped trail. The cleaner fix is the one AutoTyper takes: don't let a paste-looking spike land in version history in the first place. Your timeline shows paced edits across hours instead of one giant paste event, so there's nothing for a reviewer to catch.

They don't need a special tool — they just open File → Version history. A draft pasted from ChatGPT (or any AI) lands as one giant edit at one timestamp, with zero typing activity before it. That paste-shaped spike is the giveaway. AutoTyper writes the same text into your doc across the duration you pick, so the version history shows paced editing instead of one paste — no spike to catch.

Those tools analyze the text itself — word choice, phrasing, sentence patterns. AutoTyper does not change a single word of your text, so what those detectors see has nothing to do with us. AutoTyper solves a different problem: the Google Docs version history showing a sudden paste from blank to a full draft. If you want to reshape the text itself, you need a humanizer (a different category of product). If you want the writing process to look real in Google Docs, that's what AutoTyper does.

No. AutoTyper writes through your own Google account using the token you authorized — from Google's perspective, every edit was made by you. Nothing in the document, the version history, or the share panel is attributed to AutoTyper.

No. AutoTyper keeps your wording unchanged. It does not rewrite, paraphrase, or swap phrases — it only controls when your draft enters Google Docs and how it is paced over time.

No. AutoTyper only ever sees the single Google Doc you authorize for that AutoType session — it cannot list, read, edit, or delete anything else in your Drive, not other docs, spreadsheets, slides, or shared folders. You can revoke access from your Google Account's security settings at any time, and the next AutoTyper session will need fresh authorization.

It changes the timing, pacing, and edit rhythm of how your draft appears inside Google Docs. The text itself stays intact; what changes is how the document builds up across the time window you choose.

Yes. AutoTyper signs in through Google's official OAuth flow, the same flow trusted apps use. We only access the specific Google Doc you select for a session, we don't store the contents of your draft beyond what's needed to write it into the doc, and you can revoke our access at any time from your Google account.

AutoTyper needs permission to write into the Google Doc you pick for a session — without it, there's no way to type anything into the document. The permission is scoped narrowly: AutoTyper can only see and edit the specific doc you authorize for that session, not anything else in your Drive. You can revoke this access whenever you want.

You can remove AutoTyper's access at any time directly from your Google account, no need to email us. Go to myaccount.google.com → Security → scroll down to 'Third-party apps & services' → find AutoTyper in the list → click it and remove access. Any future AutoTyper session will need fresh authorization.

Yes, there is a Free plan — 250 words per day, sessions up to 1 hour, basic pacing, smart duration recommendations, and server-side typing that keeps going after you close the tab or laptop. Pro unlocks unlimited words, sessions up to 1 week, custom durations, natural intervals and breaks (short pauses while writing, longer ones for stepping away), realistic typos and corrections, and an end-of-session revision sweep. Day Pass is a one-time $8 purchase that gives you 24 hours of unlimited use, ideal for a single deadline. You can also earn additional free Day Passes by inviting friends — see the next question for how that works.

Sharing AutoTyper with classmates earns you free Day Passes. Every 2 free friends who sign up via your link become 1 Day Pass in your inventory. If a friend later upgrades to a paid plan, you stack even more on top — first Day Pass purchase by that friend gives you 1 Day Pass, first monthly subscription gives you 2, first yearly Pro subscription gives you 4. Day Passes wait in inventory and the 24-hour timer only starts when you click Start AutoType, so stockpile them for deadlines. Both you and your friend immediately unlock Existing Google Docs writes — permanently, no expiry. There is no cap on how many Day Passes you can stack.

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Free supports 10, 20, 30, 45 minutes and 1 hour. Pro adds longer presets (2h, 6h, 12h, 1 day, 3 days, 1 week) plus a custom selector that takes any value from 10 minutes to 1 week. Day Pass can use any duration up to 1 day during its 24-hour window.

AutoTyper Day Pass gives you 24 hours of unlimited typing, server-side execution, and new or existing-doc access — enough to defeat version history checks for one deadline. What it does NOT include: protection against writing playback tools (which replay the writing process step by step), realistic editing patterns (typos with corrections), the end-of-session revision pass, or custom durations beyond the 24-hour window. Those are all Pro-only.

Both plans pace your draft into Google Docs across a window — that part is identical. The real difference is what each plan defeats. Day Pass writes at a sentence pace with natural pauses, which defeats version history analysis (the snapshot-grouped edits Google Docs records). Pro adds three things on top to defeat writing playback (tools that replay the writing process step by step): natural intervals and breaks (short pauses while writing, longer ones for stepping away), realistic editing (occasional typos that get corrected later, so the replay shows the back-and-forth a real writer leaves behind), and an end-of-session revision pass (a small, natural-looking edit that lands a few minutes after you 'finish,' the way a writer re-reads their own work).

Day Pass is designed to produce a believable Google Docs version history, and a sentence-pace rhythm is ideal for that. Google Docs groups rapid small edits into single version stamps anyway, so writing in natural sentence-length pieces with pauses between them gives you a clean timeline of discrete writing events. Pro adds a finer-grained rhythm — natural intervals and breaks, planted typos that get corrected later, and an end-of-session revision sweep — because it's also designed to hold up under writing playback, which replays the writing process step by step.

After all your text has been typed in, Pro keeps the session open for a few extra minutes and lands one small edit at the end — the kind of light revision a writer makes after re-reading their own draft. Your final text stays exactly the same as what you pasted; what changes is the edit history, which now looks like you sat down, typed a draft, and came back to give it one last pass. Day Pass skips this step.

Custom durations let you set any session length between 10 minutes and 1 week using a days/hours/minutes selector — for example 2 hours 30 minutes or 4 days 12 hours. Instead of picking from the preset options, you can dial in the exact window you need. Custom durations are a Pro-only feature; the daily word cap automatically scales with the duration you choose.

Those typos are intentional — they're part of Realistic Editing, the Pro feature that makes your version history look genuinely typed. A real person makes small mistakes and goes back to fix them, and AutoTyper plants and corrects similar typos throughout the session. By the time the session ends (and the revision sweep finishes), every planted typo is corrected, so your final text matches exactly what you pasted.

Pro adds smaller writing batches, natural breaks, realistic corrections, and a final revision pass, so the typing rhythm looks more detailed across longer Google Docs sessions.

It lets AutoTyper type into a Google Doc you already have — instead of always creating a new blank doc. This is what you want for ongoing drafts, shared projects, or any document where the file URL needs to stay the same. Pro and Day Pass both unlock this (Day Pass within its 24-hour window). Free users get this access permanently the moment they redeem an invitation — and so does the inviter. Both sides keep it for life, no expiry.

AutoTyper always uses your invitation Day Pass first, so your paid Day Pass stays untouched as long as possible. Both Day Passes are valid permanently until you activate them, so you don't need to manually choose — the system protects your paid balance automatically.

As your Day Pass timer runs down, longer typing durations are progressively locked so you can't start a session that would outlast your remaining pass time. With under 15 hours remaining, the 1 day option is locked. Under 8 hours, 12 hours is also locked. Under 4 hours, 6 hours is locked too. This protects you from kicking off a session that won't get to finish.

The monthly plan is $15 per month, billed every month. The annual plan is $9 per month, billed as one payment of $108 per year. Choosing annual saves you $72 over a year — the equivalent of getting 5 months free. Both plans unlock the same Pro features.

Yes. AutoTyper Pro is fully self-serve — you can upgrade, downgrade, or cancel from your account at any time. If you cancel mid-cycle, Pro stays active until the end of the period you already paid for; you won't be charged again. Day Pass is a one-time purchase with no auto-renew, so there's nothing to cancel.

Yes. If you're still inside your current billing period, go to your account page → Manage Plan → and select the option to keep your subscription. If the period has already ended, head to /pricing and pick a plan again, or email hello@autotyper.net and we'll help.

Because Day Passes are single use and grant immediate full access, we generally don't process refunds once a session has been completed. If you ran into a legitimate service issue during your session, email hello@autotyper.net and we'll review it case by case. Day Passes received through invitation rewards are not eligible for refunds (they're free).

Pro users can update billing details directly from the account page. Go to Manage Plan → Billing & Payment, and update your billing email or card from there. If you hit any issue, email hello@autotyper.net.

On the account page, open Manage Plan → Billing & Payment. Your next renewal date and all past invoices are listed there. If you need a specific invoice or can't reach the page, email hello@autotyper.net.

Email hello@autotyper.net. We respond as quickly as we can and are happy to help with billing questions, technical issues, refund reviews, or anything else.

Email hello@autotyper.net from the email address linked to your account, and we'll remove it. (You can also revoke AutoTyper's access from your Google account separately — see the question above on removing access.)

This usually means the word count was too high for the duration you picked — the system can't space out, say, a 5,000-word draft into 30 minutes naturally, so it falls back to dumping the remainder at the end. Fix it by either (1) reducing how much text you submit per session, or (2) picking a longer duration so the same draft has more room to spread.

The duration you pick is the maximum window the session can take. If your text is short (well under the word allowance for that duration), AutoTyper will finish sooner because there isn't enough text to fill the full window naturally. Want it to last longer? Either pick a shorter duration that matches your word count, or paste a longer draft.

Two common causes: (1) your school or organization blocks third-party apps from connecting to Google (very common with .edu / Workspace accounts), or (2) you aren't an editor on that doc. Try with a personal Google account on a doc you own, or have AutoTyper create a new doc for the session instead.

Schools commonly block third-party app sign-ins in three places: (1) school-issued laptops have system-level restrictions on third-party services, (2) school WiFi blocks third-party domains, and (3) the school's Google Workspace admin disables third-party app access at the account level. Try a personal device on personal WiFi with a personal Google account; that bypasses all three.