I turned off cloud typing on my Android keyboard and gained back my privacy
I turned off cloud typing on my Android keyboard and gained back my privacy
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Publish Date: 2026-05-30 14:30:00
Source Domain: www.makeuseof.com
I often wonder what my phone knows about me. Contacts, location, and browsing history are all obvious. But only after checking my Gboard settings did I realize my keyboard had been sending data to Google the entire time I’ve used my Pixel.
Not my actual words, exactly. But close enough to make me uncomfortable.
Cloud typing features process keystrokes online to improve keyboard predictions. The catch is that your layout habits and custom vocabulary leave your device. Once I realized how much data was being sent to Google’s servers, I turned it off. Here’s what I found and how you can do the same.
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