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Turn off Keyboard learning and cloud typing suggestions on Google Android 14

Keyboard

Sensitivity 4/5

Default: On

Phones / Google Android 14 / Keyboard learning and cloud typing suggestions

Your virtual keyboard learns frequently used words and names to improve auto-correct and predictive text. Depending on platform settings, some models use cloud processing to refine vocabulary models.

Goes to
Google, Apple, Samsung
Default
On
Control
Can be switched off
Effort
a few seconds

How to do it

Open Settings, navigate to System then Keyboard, select Gboard, open Privacy, and turn off Share usage statistics and Personalise for you.

Usually found under: Settings > System > Keyboard > On-screen keyboard > Gboard > Privacy

Menu names may differ by device and version.

What you lose

Personalised typing suggestions and custom dictionary learning will be disabled.

What is collected

Typed words, custom dictionary terms, frequent phrases, typing cadences.

It operates to make typing faster and more accurate across your applications.

Retention is not stated here. The sensitivity rating is this site's own estimate.

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