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For example, if you have personalized your language model through a social account like Facebook, or if you have Backup & Sync enabled, our servers will process this data. <br><br></div><h3 id=data2>What about credit card numbers and passwords?</h3><p>Your Microsoft SwiftKey Keyboard does not learn anything from fields marked as password fields, nor does it remember long numbers such as credit card numbers.<p>The warning message from Google that says Microsoft SwiftKey may be able to collect ‘all the text you type, including personal data like passwords and credit card numbers’ (pictured below) is a part of the Android operating system that appears when <em> <strong> any </strong> </em> third party keyboard is enabled.<p><img alt=Android_Warning_Message.png height=355/ src=/hc/article_attachments/115011050849/Android_Warning_Message.png width=200><h3 id=data3>Microsoft SwiftKey is predicting my password - how do I stop it doing this?</h3><p>Microsoft SwiftKey is designed  <em> <strong> never </strong> </em>  to learn from or predict what you enter in a specified password text field. It is up to the website or application you are logging into to build that specification into the field.<p>However, there are some situations out of our control where your password might be remembered by the prediction engine. The usual culprits are:<ol><li>You previously sent an SMS message containing your password.<li>A typed password in an email.<li>In some cases, websites or apps do not correctly inform Microsoft SwiftKey that a particular field was a password field.<li>If you use the 'show password' option on an app or website, that text field will no longer be identified as a password field.</ol><p>If you find your password is being predicted, you can easily remove the word from your Microsoft SwiftKey dynamic language model by long-pressing on the word in the prediction bar when it is shown and tapping ‘Remove’.<h2 id=remote><strong> 2 - How do I remove my remote data? </strong></h2><p>You can be signed up for a Microsoft SwiftKey Account to access your Themes, but disable other cloud services that may involve sharing potentially personal data with our servers. To do this follow these steps:<ol><li>Open the Microsoft SwiftKey app from your device.<li>Tap ‘Account’.<li>Next tap ‘Backup & Sync’.<li>Uncheck ‘Backup & Sync’ to disable this feature.<li>From the Account menu tap 'Delete personalized dictionary backup' (this will remove any data already associated with your account).<li>Tap ‘Delete’ to confirm.</ol><p><img alt=account-highlighted.jpg height=355 src=/hc/article_attachments/360057074952/account-highlighted.jpg width=200> <img alt=account-backup-sync-highlighted.jpg height=355 src=/hc/article_attachments/360057074932/account-backup-sync-highlighted.jpg width=200> <img alt=account-backup-sync-settings.jpg height=355 src=/hc/article_attachments/360057218271/account-backup-sync-settings.jpg width=200><div>Now, no potentially personal data will be sent to Microsoft SwiftKey through Backup & Sync or Personalization services.</div><h2 id=local><strong> 3 - How do I delete my personalized dictionary backup? </strong></h2><ol><li>Open the Microsoft SwiftKey app from your device.<li>Tap 'Account'.<li>Tap 'Delete personalized dictionary backup'.<li>Tap 'Delete' to confirm.</ol><div><img alt=account-highlighted.jpg height=355 src=/hc/article_attachments/360057074952/account-highlighted.jpg width=200><img alt=account-delete-personalized.jpg height=355 src=/hc/article_attachments/360057074992/account-delete-personalized.jpg width=200><img alt=account-personalized-prompt.jpg height=355 src=/hc/article_attachments/360057218391/account-personalized-prompt.jpg width=200></div><h2 id=logout><strong> 4 - How do I log out of my Microsoft SwiftKey Account? </strong></h2><p>If you don't want any future data to be learned, then you will need to log out of your Microsoft SwiftKey Account which you can do so by following the below steps:<ol><li>Open the Microsoft SwiftKey app from your device.<li>Tap 'Account'.<li>Tap ‘Log out of Microsoft SwiftKey Account’. </ol><p><img alt=account-highlighted.jpg height=355 src=/hc/article_attachments/360057074952/account-highlighted.jpg width=200>   <img alt=account-log-out.jpg height=355 src=/hc/article_attachments/360057075392/account-log-out.jpg width=200> <img alt=account-logout-prompt.jpg height=355 src=/hc/article_attachments/360057218731/account-logout-prompt.jpg width=200><h2 id=remove><strong> 5 - How do I remove my Microsoft SwiftKey Account? </strong></h2><div>To completely remove your Microsoft SwiftKey Account, complete the following steps:</div><ol><li>Open the Microsoft SwiftKey app from your device.<li>Tap ‘Account’.<li>In the bottom section tap ‘Delete Microsoft SwiftKey Account’.<li>Tap the ‘Delete’ option in the dialog box.</ol><div><img alt=account-highlighted.jpg height=355 src=/hc/article_attachments/360057074952/account-highlighted.jpg width=200><img alt=account-delete-account.jpg height=355 src=/hc/article_attachments/360057219211/account-delete-account.jpg width=200><img alt=account-delete-all.jpg height=355 src=/hc/article_attachments/360057219191/account-delete-all.jpg width=200></div><div>Please note that this will erase <strong> all </strong> your personalized word predictions and make it impossible to reach any of your previously purchased content. By law we must retain a record of your transactions and purchases, but these purchases will no longer be associated with your account.</div><div> </div><div>Deleting your Microsoft SwiftKey Account and data will not affect your dynamic language model stored on your device. </div><div><h2 id=emails><strong> 6 - How do I unsubscribe from Microsoft SwiftKey product emails? </strong></h2><p>To unsubscribe, please follow the steps below.<ol><li>Open the Microsoft SwiftKey app from your device.<li>Tap 'About Microsoft SwiftKey'.<li>Uncheck 'Service Updates'.</ol><p><img alt=main-about-highlighted.jpg height=355 src=/hc/article_attachments/360057219791/main-about-highlighted.jpg width=200> <img alt=about-service-updates.jpg height=355 src=/hc/article_attachments/360057076332/about-service-updates.jpg width=200><p>Additionally, you can also unsubscribe by clicking the link at the bottom of the email you receive after installing your Microsoft SwiftKey Keyboard.<h2 id=foghorns><strong> 7 - How 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