Privacy Settings

Control what data CleverKeys collects, stores, and how your information is handled.

Quick Summary

What	Description
Purpose	Manage privacy and data
Access	Settings > Clipboard / Privacy sections
Principle	Local-first, no cloud by default

Privacy Philosophy

CleverKeys is designed with privacy as a core principle:

Local processing: All AI runs on your device
No cloud upload: Data never leaves your device by default
No analytics: No usage tracking or telemetry
You control data: Export or delete anytime

On-Device Learning (Master Switch)

Found at the top of the Privacy & Data section:

Learn From My Typing

One switch controls ALL automatic learning from your typing behavior. Default: Off on new installs (turn it on to enable learning); devices upgrading from earlier versions keep learning enabled, matching their previous behavior, until switched off.

When ON, CleverKeys builds private, on-device models from what you type:

What is learned	Used for
Phrase patterns (word pairs and triples)	Context-aware suggestion boosting, learned next-word suggestions
Word usage (personal vocabulary)	Personalized suggestion ranking
Suggestion selections	Adapting which suggestions rank higher
Swipe corrections (a swiped word you replaced, and what you chose instead)	Offering “Prefer “word” when swiping?” after the same correction twice (not recorded in private/incognito or password fields)
Swipe traces (only if Swipe Data Collection is also on)	Potential future model tuning

When OFF:

Nothing new is recorded — every learning path is stopped at the write layer.
Already-learned data goes inert — it is neither updated nor used for suggestions (learned-context boosting and learned next-word suggestions turn off; next-word prediction keeps offering its built-in continuations, which contain nothing about you and record nothing).
Turning the switch off offers a one-tap “Also forget learned data?” dialog that deletes everything already learned (phrase patterns, word usage, and selection history). Choose “Keep it” to retain the data in case you re-enable learning later.

[!NOTE] The switch covers automatic recording of typing behavior. Data you explicitly create is governed separately: prediction performance statistics (a separate toggle, no text content) and learned data you restore from your own backup.

Corrected 2026-08-28: this note used to also list “swipe-calibration sessions you start yourself”. The activity that collected those traces was removed on 2026-08-18 with the neural engine — swipe-trace storage now sits inside the switch, not outside it. (The Short Swipe Calibration screen is unrelated and collects nothing.)

Private/incognito fields

Apps can mark a text field as “no personalized learning” (for example, a browser’s private tab). CleverKeys honors this automatically: nothing typed in such a field is learned, and no personalized next-word suggestions appear there — regardless of your settings. (Built-in next-word continuations still appear, like ordinary word completions: they are the same for everyone.)

Reviewing and deleting learned data

Settings > Input Behavior > Learning & Data shows what has been learned (per-language phrase counts, word usage) and lets you:

Browse phrases — see every learned word pair with its count, delete individually
Browse words — see your learned vocabulary with usage counts, delete individually
Forget phrases / Forget words — bulk delete with confirmation

Learned phrases and words are included in dictionary exports (Backup & Restore), so your learning survives reinstalls if you back up.

Privacy & Data itself shows a Learned Language Data summary: phrase-pair, phrase-triple and word counts, a Forget Learned button, and a Currently recording line naming what is being learned right now — Context-Aware Predictions and Personalized Learning (when their toggles are on), plus suggestion selections and swipe corrections, which have no toggle of their own and record whenever Learn From My Typing is on. Next-word prediction is not on that list: it only reads. With the master switch off the line reads “Nothing is being recorded right now.”

Clipboard Privacy

Clipboard Settings

Found under the Clipboard section in Settings:

Setting	Description
Clipboard History	Enable/disable clipboard history
Clipboard History Limit	Maximum items to keep (default: 50)
Clipboard Size Limit	Total size limit in MB
Clipboard Max Item Size	Maximum size per text item in KB (64-1024)
Save Media Entries	Enable/disable media capture (images, videos, PDFs)
Text Only	Hide media entries and stop media capture
Max Media Size	Skip copied media larger than this size (1-50 MB)
Exclude Password Managers	Best effort: only skips a copy when Android reveals that a known password manager is in the foreground, which is rarely possible without usage access (never requested)
Respect Sensitive Flag	Honor the Android 13+ IS_SENSITIVE flag — the reliable password-manager protection

Sensitive Content Protection

CleverKeys automatically protects sensitive content:

Protection	How It Works
Password Fields	Detected automatically, clipboard disabled
Sensitive Flag	Android 13+ password managers mark copies as sensitive; CleverKeys skips them — this is the reliable protection
Password Managers	Best-effort extra layer: skips a copy only when Android reveals a known password manager in the foreground (rarely possible without usage access, which CleverKeys never requests)

Incognito Mode

Found in the Privacy section:

When enabled:

Predictions disabled
Learning disabled
Nothing saved to history

Useful for entering sensitive information in any app.

Data Storage

What’s Stored

Data	Location	Purpose
Settings	App preferences	Your configuration
Dictionary	App data	Personal words
Profiles	App data	Saved configurations
Clipboard	App data	Recent clips (up to limit)
Clipboard Media	App data	Copied images, videos, PDFs

Storage Location

All data is stored locally on your device:

/data/data/tribixbite.cleverkeys/
├── shared_prefs/         # Settings
├── files/                # Dictionary, profiles
│   └── clipboard_media/  # Copied images, videos, PDFs (excluded from backup)
└── databases/            # Clipboard history (text + media metadata)

[!NOTE] Clipboard media files are excluded from Android Auto Backup to protect privacy and prevent consuming Google Drive quota.

Secure Input

Password Fields

When a text field is marked as password:

Predictions disabled
Learning disabled
Clipboard disabled
Keyboard behaves in secure mode

Data Export and Deletion

Export Your Data

Use Settings > Backup & Restore to:

Export settings and preferences
Export clipboard history
Export profiles

Clear Data

Method	What’s Cleared
Clear system clipboard command	Android’s current copied item; saved history, pinned items and todos stay
Select → Delete selected in clipboard panel	The confirmed selection in the current tab; “select all matching” covers every page, and searches and size filters can build the batch
Reset Settings	Settings > Backup & Restore > Reset
Clear App Data	Android Settings > Apps > CleverKeys > Clear Data