How to clear the history of the keyboard on Xiaomi smartphones: all ways

Why Xiaomi Keyboard History Needs Cleaning and When It Needs

The keyboard on Xiaomi smartphones is not just a typing tool, but a real black box that remembers every word, phrase, and even typos. The history of input accumulates over time, and if you actively use messengers, social networks or search engines, the amount of data stored can be counted in megabytes. But why even clean this story?

First, privacy. The keyboard can store passwords, bank card numbers, personal correspondence, and other sensitive data. If your smartphone falls into the wrong hands (even for a short time), an outsider can recover some of your activity through keyboard prompts. Second, performance: an overloaded database can slow down keyboard performance, especially on budget Redmi or POCO models. Finally, clearing the story helps to reset "learned" errors when the keyboard stubbornly offers incorrect word variants.

But not everyone knows that the keyboard history is stored not only in the input application itself, but also in the MIUI system files. Standard deletion through settings often leaves "tails" that are then restored. In this article, we will discuss all possible cleaning methods - from basic to deep, including hidden menus and ADB commands.

Before you start, consider that some methods require superuser rights (root), and the wrong actions can lead to failures in the keyboard. If you are not sure of your skills, limit yourself to the standard ways.

Method 1: Clear history through the settings of the standard MIUI keyboard

Most Xiaomi smartphones use the MIUI Keyboard (formerly known as the Mi Keyboard) by default, and its settings hide several options for managing your input history.

1. Open any application where you can type text (such as Notes or Messages).
2. Tap the input field to make the keyboard appear.
3. Press the gear icon (⚙️) in the top row of the keyboard - this will cause the settings menu.

In the menu that opens, look for Personal Data or Privacy (the name may vary depending on the version of MIUI) and you will be interested in two items:

• 🗑️ Clear your entry history – deletes all saved words and phrases.
• 🔄 Reset the learned words – resets the keyboard’s “learning” (helpful if it has started offering incorrect options).
• 📱 Data sync – if enabled, history can be retrieved from the Mi Account cloud. disable it before clearing.

Disable data synchronization in keyboard settings

Backup important words (if necessary)

Close all applications that use the keyboard

Reboot your smartphone after cleaning (recommended)

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After cleaning, the keyboard may work less accurately for a while, but after 1-2 days it will “retrain” to your type style. If this method does not help (for example, the story is still prompted), move on to the next method.

⚠️ Attention: On some firmware MIUI (especially global versions) item Clear the history of input may not be available.In this case, try updating the keyboard through the Play Market or use alternative methods from this article.

Method 2: Delete your history in Gboard (Google Keyboard)

Many Xiaomi users install Gboard, a keyboard from Google that is considered more convenient and functional, and its input history is stored separately from the MIUI system keyboard, so you need to clean there.

1. Open Settings → System → Language and input → Virtual keyboard.
2. Select Gboard from the list of installed keyboards.
3. Go to the dictionary. → Personal data.
4. Click Delete Training Data and confirm the action.

Gboard also has a dictionary sync option that saves a history in your Google account. If you want to completely erase your tracks, turn it off:

• 🔗 Gboard settings → Account. → Synchronization of the dictionary → Turn off the switch.
• 🗑️ After disabling synchronization, re-delete the training data.

If you use a dark theme in MIUI, note that Gboard may not display the story properly due to interface bugs, in which case, before cleaning, switch to a light theme.

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Gboard (Google Keyboard)

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Method 3: Deep Cleaning through Android App Settings

If standard methods fail, the keyboard history can be stored in cache or app data to delete it completely:

1. Go to Settings → Applications → Application Management.
2. In the search bar, type the keyboard name (e.g. MIUI Keyboard or Gboard).
3. Select the app and open the Warehouse.
4. Click Clear Cache and Clear Data (Warning: This Will Reset All Keyboard Settings!).

Important: Once the data is cleaned, the keyboard will return to the factory settings, and you will have to reconfigure the language, theme and other settings.

For MIUI Keyboard, this method is particularly effective, as it not only removes the input history, but also:

• 📝 Saved user words (such as jargon or nicknames).
• 🎨 Theme and design settings.
• ⚙️ Parameters of auto-replacement and auto-correction.

⚠️ Note: Some Xiaomi models (e.g. Redmi Note 10 Pro) POCO X3 Pro) after clearing the data, the keyboard may temporarily stop working. in this case, restart the smartphone or reinstall the keyboard through the Play Market.

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If after cleaning the keyboard began to slow down, try to turn off the animation in the developer settings (Settings → About Phone → MIUI version – press 7 times, then return to Additional settings → For developers → Animation and set the value Without animation).

Method 4: Delete History via ADB (for Advanced Users)

If you’re willing to go beyond standard methods, you can use Android Debug Bridge (ADB), a low-level smartphone management tool that is suitable for removing the history of all keyboards, including system keyboards, but requires a PC connection.

You'll need:

• 💻 Computer with drivers installed ADB and Fastboot.
• 📱 Included debugging by USB on a smartphone (Settings) → The phone. → Version. MIUI — Press 7 times, then additional settings → For developers → Debugging by USB).
• 🔌 USB-Type C Cable (preferably original).

Steps for cleaning:

1. Connect your smartphone to your PC and confirm the debugging permission.
2. Open the command prompt (or PowerShell in Windows) and type: adb shell pm clear com.miui.android.inputmethod.latin This command will reset MIUI Keyboard. For Gboard, use: adb shell pm clear com.google.android.inputmethod.latin
3. Reboot your smartphone.

If you want to delete the history of all keyboards, first find out their batch names through the command:

adb shell pm list packages | grep keyboard

This method is guaranteed to delete all history, including hidden files, but requires caution.The wrong ADB commands can disrupt the system.

Method 5: Reset keyboard settings via Safe Mode

If the keyboard starts to glitches after cleaning (for example, it does not open or gives errors), you can try resetting it through Safe Mode, a mode in which all third-party applications are disabled, which helps to identify conflicts with other programs.

How to run Safe Mode on Xiaomi:

1. Press the power button until the shutdown menu appears.
2. Press and hold the "Switch off" (or "Switch off") option until a request to switch to Safe Mode appears.
3. Confirm the transition. The smartphone will reboot.

In Safe Mode:

• 🔧 Go to the keyboard settings and repeat clearing history.
• 📱 Check if the keyboard works without third-party apps.
• 🔄 If the problem disappeared, it means that the conflict was caused by one of the installed applications (most often – launchers or optimizers).

To exit Safe Mode, simply restart your smartphone.

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If the keyboard works normally in Safe Mode but is glitzy in normal mode, the cause is most often cache clearing apps (like Clean Master) or alternative launchers (like Nova Launcher).

How to Prevent History from Preserving the Future

Clearing history is a one-off solution, so to avoid going back to this procedure every few months, set the keyboard so it doesn't save your data:

• 🚫 Turn off keyboard learning: In MIUI Keyboard: Settings → Personal data → Keyboard training → Turn it off. Gboard: Settings. → Text input → Keyboard training → turn off.
• ☁️ Disable synchronization: For Mi Account: Settings → Accounts. → Mi Account → Synchronization → Turn off the keyboard. For Google: Settings → Google → Account services → Synchronization of the keyboard → turn off.
• 🔒 Use Incognito Mode: Some keyboards (like Gboard) support incognito mode, where history is not saved. Activated by long pressing on the keyboard icon.

If you care about privacy, consider alternative open source keyboards, such as:

• 🔐 AnySoftKeyboard – does not save the default history.
• 🛡️ FlorisBoard – Focuses on privacy.
• 📱 OpenBoard – lightweight keyboard without data collection.

Remember, even with the history disabled, the keyboard can store temporary data in the cache. For complete certainty, periodically clear the application cache (as described in Method 3).

Frequent Questions (FAQ)