Set up Gboard

After you install Gboard, you can change your keyboard settings and choose your languages.

Important: Gboard is available for iPhones and iPads running iOS 9 and up.

Download Gboard

On your iPhone or iPad, install the Gboard app.

Set keyboard options

Change your settings

1. On your iPhone or iPad, open the Gboard app .
2. Tap Keyboard settings.
3. Choose which settings to turn on, like Glide typing, Auto-correction, and Character preview.

Make Gboard your main keyboard

1. On your iPhone or iPad, open the Settings app.
2. Tap General Keyboard Keyboards.
3. At the top right, tap Edit.
4. Touch and hold Reorder .
5. Drag the icon to the top of the list.
6. Tap Done.

Allow full access

If you turn on Full Access, you can use Google Search on your keyboard. Your searches will be sent to Google, but nothing else will be shared.

1. On your iPhone or iPad, open the Gboard app .
2. Tap Enabling full access.
3. Tap Get started Keyboards.
4. Turn Allow full access on.

Choose languages

1. On your iPhone or iPad, open the Gboard app .
2. Tap Languages Add language.
3. Choose the languages you want.

Tip: Gboard can support up to 3 languages at a time.

Find supported languages

• Achomi
• Akoose
• Alsatian
• Ambonese Malay
• Arabic
• Arabic (Morocco)
• Assyrian (Syria)
• Azerbaijani (Azerbaijan)
• Balkan Gagauz Turkish
• Balti
• Batak Simalungun*
• Buginese (Lontara)*
• Bulgarian
• Cape Verdean Creole*
• Catalan
• Chinese (Simplified)
• Chinese (Traditional)
• Chinese (Traditional)
• Chokwe (DRC)
• Classical Syriac
• Croatian
• Czech
• Danish
• Dazaga
• Duri
• Dutch
• English (Australia)
• English (Canada)
• English (Great Britain)
• English (India)
• English (US)
• Finnish
• French
• French (Belgium)
• French (Canada)
• French (Switzerland)
• German
• German (Switzerland)
• Ghanaian Pidgin
• Greek
• Hawu
• Hebrew
• Hindi
• Hindi Transliteration
• Hinglish
• Hungarian
• Icelandic
• Indonesian
• Indus Kohistani
• International Phonetic Alphabet*
• Italian (Italy)
• Italian (Switzerland)
• Itawit
• Japanese
• Jula*
• Kambaata (Ge'ez)
• Kambaata (Latin)
• Kankanaey
• Korean
• Kui
• Ladino (Israel)
• Lama
• Latvian
• Lepcha*
• Limbu*
• Lithuanian
• Macedonian
• Makassar Malay
• Malay
• Maltese
• Mamasa
• Mehri
• Melanau
• Moba
• Mongondow
• Muna
• Mundang*
• Mundari (Latin)
• Mundari (Odia)
• Nauruan*
• Norwegian
• Ntcham
• Osage*
• Pa'O Karen*
• Pamona
• Parkari Koli
• Persian
• Plateau Malagasy
• Polish
• Portuguese (Brazil)
• Portuguese (Portugal)
• Réunion Creole
• Romanian
• Russian (Russia)
• Sebat Bet Gurage
• Serbian
• Serbian (Latin)
• Sgaw Karen
• Slovak
• Slovenian
• South Bolivian Quechua*
• Spanish
• Spanish (Latin America)
• Spanish (Mexico)
• Spanish (Spain)
• Spanish (US)
• Sukuma
• Supyire
• Swahili
• Swedish
• Sylheti (Syloti Nagri)
• Tai Dam (Tai Viet)*
• Tai Lue (New Tai Lue)
• Tay
• Toraja-Sa'dan
• Turkish
• Ukrainian
• Vai*
• Vasavi (Gujarati)
• Vietnamese
• Wanetsi
• Western Kayah (Kayah Li)
• Xong
• Yao
• Yiddish (Israel)

Remove Gboard

If you don’t want to use Gboard:

1. On your iPhone or iPad, open the Settings app.
2. Tap General Keyboard Keyboards.
3. At the top right, tap Edit.
4. Next to "Gboard," tap Remove Delete.