Gboard is one of the best keyboard apps for Android and part of the blame for that is the integration with Google. If you like Gboard but not so much, contact Googleyou can still do this by changing the app settings.
The following six options will help you aislar Gboard from Google, although you are free to enable some, all, or none. If you enable them all, Gboard will lose some functionality. In this case, you should consider using open source alternatives like Florisboard or OpenBoard.
No usage statistics
Gboard, like many other Google apps, may share usage statistics with Google. These usage statistics are anonymousbut if you don’t want Gboard to share anything with Google, you’ll still need to disable them.
You can do this from the Gboard settings, by entering the section of privacy and unchecking the first option, Share usage statistics. It is usually enabled by default.
No customizations or donations
One of the benefits of Gboard’s communication with Google is that it can personalize the experience based on the data it receives. To do this, save save audio recordings and transcripts. It does this locally, but you can also (optionally) donate voice snippets to Google’s servers.
To do this, you need to open Gboard and enter its settings, then go to the section of Privacy. There, uncheck the box personalized for you and also that of audio donationsif he was active.
upgrades for anyone
Google uses what it learns about you when you use Gboard to improve the experience for you and everyone else. He does this by getting anonymous usage patterns used to improve voice and typing services for all users.
If you don’t want what you do on Gboard to be shared with Google, anonymously or not, you can opt out. You will find the corresponding option in the Gboard settings, by unchecking the box in improvement for all.
voiceless writing
The easiest way to make sure neither Gboard nor Google has any voice data about you is to directly do not use voice input. The easiest way to ensure this never happens to you, even by mistake, is to turn it off completely.
You can disable Gboard voice typing from settings, in Write by voice. By unchecking the box, not only will you avoid pressing the button by mistake, but you will also free up space in the top bar of Gboard, since the microphone icon disappears.
goodbye suggestions
Gboard’s suggestions are there to make writing easier for us, but using them can tell Google what we are doing, and maybe you don’t want it to be that way. If you’d rather heal yourself and have an extremely private Gboard, the most sensible thing to do is turn them all off.
Probably the most important section to disable is the suggest contactsin the spellcheck settings, although others such as Suggest next word, Emoji typing suggestions, stickers there emojis They are other candidates.
Disable clipboard
Gboard is the closest thing we have on Android to a clipboard manager, although it’s a double-edged sword. All kinds of sensitive data such as card numbers, passwords or PIN codesand you may want to make sure that neither Google nor anyone else has access to this information.
The easiest way to ensure that your clipboard never directly or indirectly ends up in the hands of Google is to disable the clipboard feature entirely. you will get there by pressing the clipboard icon on Gboard and pressing the switch on the top bar.
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