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Huawei: Change the Default Keyboard

New keyboard app installed but Swiftkey keeps popping up instead? Huawei phones use Swiftkey as the default keyboard, and extra keyboards you install do not switch on by themselves. You need to activate the keyboard you want before it shows up when typing.

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Set Default Keyboard auf Huawei

Swiftkey is the pre-installed keyboard on Huawei phones running EMUI, and it stays active even after you install a different keyboard app from the store. New keyboards register themselves with the system but do not switch on automatically, so typing still opens Swiftkey until you assign the new one as default.

The setting that controls this lives under the language and input options, separate from the keyboard app itself. Changing it there tells the system which keyboard to load whenever you tap a text field, across every app on the phone.

How to switch the default keyboard

Open SettingsSystem & updatesLanguage & InputDefault keyboard, then pick the keyboard you want to use from the list.

Only keyboards already installed on the device show up in this list. If the keyboard you want is missing, install it first, then return to this menu to select it.

Note: if no other keyboard app is installed, Swiftkey remains the only option and the list will not offer alternatives.

Frequently asked questions

Installing a keyboard app only adds it to the system list; it does not activate it. Open SettingsSystem & updatesLanguage & InputDefault keyboard and select it manually to make it active.