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TL;DR Microsoft will soon begin sunsetting third-party logins for SwiftKey backup.
If you want the keyboard to store your personal dictionary files and sync them across devices, you must now use a Microsoft account.
If you already use a different login, such as Google or Apple, your data will be deleted unless you back it up by tomorrow.
If you’ve stuck with the SwiftKey keyboard over the years and plan to continue doing so, this post is for you. That’s because Microsoft’s deadline to retire third-party backup services for SwiftKey is almost here. That means any users using Google or Apple accounts for backup will not be able to access their accounts.
For months, Microsoft has been advising SwiftKey users to switch to OneDrive-based backup. The final deadline set by the software giant is May 31, i.e., which is tomorrow. And although the deadline for this transition has been sliding, Microsoft does not seem keen on another extension.
That’s why it’s ideal that you switch to logging in using a Microsoft account. While the keyboard will continue to work as usual, you will lose any data associated with your typing.
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According to Microsoft’s support page, the said data contains your personal dictionary, or the set of custom words (or non-words) you’ve typed using the SwiftKey keyboard that it has saved, as well as a prediction model that is customized based on your personal dictionary. That could be especially valuable if you use swipe gestures to type quickly, something SwiftKey has mastered over the past 15-plus years.
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