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Realme: Set the Default Keyboard

After installing a new keyboard app from the Google Play Store, your Realme phone can keep using the old keyboard when you tap into a text field. That happens because a downloaded keyboard is not active automatically, and Realme UI still points to whatever keyboard was set as default before. Installing more keyboard apps will not change anything until one of them is actually switched on as the default.

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VersionAndroid 11 · Realme UI 2

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Android 11 · Realme UI 2
Set Default Keyboard – Realme UI 2: step 1 – Tap on Settings
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Set Default Keyboard auf Realme

When a newly installed keyboard app does not appear as the active input method on your Realme phone, Realme UI is still pointing to the previous default. Downloading an app from the Google Play Store only installs it, it does not automatically replace the keyboard you already use for typing.

Before you can switch, the new keyboard has to be enabled as an input method. Once it shows up in the input method list, you can pick it as the default keyboard from the language and input settings.

Open SettingsAdditional settingsKeyboard & input methodCurrent keyboard and choose the keyboard you want under Set the Default keyboard.

If the keyboard you want is not listed under Current keyboard yet, it still needs to be activated in the input method list first, before it can be selected as default. Once switched, the new keyboard takes over immediately in every app that uses text input, from messaging apps to browsers.

Switching back to the previous keyboard works the same way, so trying out a new one does not risk your existing typing setup. If typing problems continue after switching, check whether the keyboard app itself needs extra permissions or a restart.

Frequently asked questions

A downloaded keyboard app is not active by default. It has to be enabled as an input method first, then it can be picked under SettingsAdditional settingsKeyboard & input methodCurrent keyboardSet the Default keyboard.