iOS Keyboard layout changes to default

I have been facing issues with ios keyboard layout on iPhone with iOS18 for almost 8+ months, where iphone reverts my keyboard from SwiftKey to the default keyboard. Every single time, I try to type, the phone reverts to default keyboard, for which I need to use the default keyboard to type and not useful.


This happens every time and drives me literally crazy, had almost planned to move to Google Pixel and tries to do that every moment!



I have tried all the settings including resetting and complete restore of backup to the iPhone. Did a lot of search, found there was no solution and had to find something on my ow. Happy to say that I finally found a solution!!!


Posting the solution, with hopes that it helps anyone facing the same issue.



Solution --

  1. Add your third party keyboard
  2. Remove English (US) or whatever default keyboard you have as iOS default.
  3. Remove / uncheck / disable all the English Setting from the Keyboard page, refer the screenshot https://snipboard.io/7VIgs4.jpg
  4. Wallah!! Keyboard issue is solved!!




iPhone 14 Pro Max

Posted on Feb 22, 2025 12:54 PM

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Mar 21, 2025 01:19 AM in response to cktechie2012

The steps you've presented seems like a workaround, and not a solution. In step 1, you're adding a third party keyboard, I'm assuming it's something other than Swiftkey, but you do not have a step were you're removing(or reactivating) Swiftkey. Also, step 3 is impossible, because those settings dissappear when you remove English keyboard in step 2.


Of course, I'm glad that you do not experience this problem anymore, and installing Gboard and deleting Swiftkey has been a workaround for me, but it's not, strictly speaking, a fix for an unstable Swiftkey.

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