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Your iPhone Keyboard Lag in iOS 14? Fix it Here!

Last Updated On Thursday, July 28, 2022 by GeeksModo Staff

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does your iPhone keyboard lag after updating your device to iOS 14 ? You’re not alone! In this article, I’ll show you how to fix iPhone keyboard lag problem for good!

This is a common issue, that’s occurring mostly in the Messages app. When the user taps on the text input field, the keyboard either loads with a delay, lags when typing or freezes. More, there’s an overall sense of keyboard slowness.
There are many troubleshooting tips that can help you fix iPhone keyboard lag issue, including turn off Reachability, disable Zoom, enable Reduce Motion, but neither worked on our devices.

How To Fix iPhone Keyboard Lag In iOS 14

The only trick that works until Apple issues an official fix in an upcoming software update is:

  1. Start the Settings app on your iPhone or iPad.
  2. Go to General.
    Fix iPhone keyboard lag in iOS 14
  3. Scroll down and tap Reset.
    Fix iPhone keyboard lag in iOS 14
  4. Tap on Reset Keyboard Dictionary.
    Fix iPhone keyboard lag in iOS 14
  5. Type in your device Passcode and the iPhone keyboard lag bug should be fixed.
    Fix iPhone keyboard lag in iOS 14

Additional iPhone Keyboard Lag Fix For Messages App:

What you can also try is to reset the iMessage system and see if this workaround will fix the lagging keyboard in iOS 14. Here’s how:

  1. Start the Settings app on your iPhone.
  2. Scroll down and tap Messages.
  3. Turn off iMessage.
  4. Tap the toggle next to iMessage to turn the service back ON.

Please note: Waiting for activation… message has to be displayed under the iMessage label, to confirm that the service is resetting.
Tip: You can also fix the iPhone keyboard lag issue by performing a force restart, but we noticed that this fix does not always work, and even when it does, it’s temporary, because the problem occurs again sooner rather than later!

Do you also have problem with your keyboard lagging in iOS 14? Let us know if the above troubleshooting steps fixed your problem in the comments section below.

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Comments

  1. Melanie says

    Thursday, December 3, 2020 at 5:40 PM

    The first step did not work (resetting dictionary)

    The imessage toggle fix DID work.

    Thank you!!.

    Reply
  2. Michael says

    Saturday, December 5, 2020 at 4:19 AM

    Works perfectly now. Thank you

    Reply
  3. Tim McCaleb says

    Saturday, December 5, 2020 at 4:27 PM

    Thanks for the tip! Your advice fixed my lagging keyboard!

    Reply
  4. E Mclary says

    Wednesday, December 9, 2020 at 12:08 AM

    Reset keyboard fixed my issue

    Reply
  5. Marina says

    Wednesday, December 16, 2020 at 5:45 PM

    Thank you so much!!!!

    Reply
    • Moses Gitari says

      Wednesday, December 16, 2020 at 5:48 PM

      Hi Marina,
      Glad we could help.

      Reply
  6. Brian says

    Tuesday, December 29, 2020 at 6:43 AM

    I did both fixes, resetting the dictionary ( I needed to do that anyway) and toggling off the iMessage service (this also fixed my iMessage problem on my MacBook) and the lag is gone. Thanks guys!

    Reply
  7. Ken says

    Wednesday, December 30, 2020 at 5:03 AM

    Reset network settings works for a while. Settings/ reset/ network. You’ll have to re enter your Wi-Fi passwords but it does fix the lag for a while.

    Reply
  8. Juice says

    Tuesday, January 5, 2021 at 3:50 AM

    Tried the keyboard reset and it worked for a couple of days and then came back and now the reset doesn’t work at all . Still delays to type

    Reply
  9. Tim says

    Thursday, January 7, 2021 at 5:45 AM

    It was gone for a week and it’s back again :(

    Reply
  10. for sure says

    Friday, January 15, 2021 at 10:39 PM

    These are all just temporary fixes. Within a day or even hours, the text lag will come back.

    Reply
  11. Melanie says

    Saturday, January 16, 2021 at 2:31 PM

    I must’ve gotten lucky! I did the dictionary reset in early December and I haven’t experienced any problems since! Fingers crossed!

    Reply
  12. A says

    Friday, May 7, 2021 at 8:30 AM

    I tried the fixes, it came back after a day or so, but now it doesn’t even seem to fix it anymore

    Reply
  13. Chad J Pugliese says

    Wednesday, September 8, 2021 at 6:16 PM

    this works for like a week, i reset my keyboard multiple times for it only to lag again in a few days. ios needs to update

    Reply

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