Swipe up from the home screen but pause in the middle to open the app launcher.

Here's how you force-close an app on the iPhone X and later: There's a chance that there's nothing wrong with your iPhone keyboard, but the issue is with the app in question. You could be dealing with keyboard slowness only when you use a certain app.

Wait a few minutes and toggle iMessage back on.

If you're not dealing with a lag anymore, you know why.Īlthough this trick hasn't worked for me, several users have said that resetting iMessage helps. Uninstall it and use your iPhone's default keyboard. Solution 4: Uninstall Third-Party KeyboardsĪre you using a third-party keyboard? Ask yourself whether the iPhone keyboard lag issue popped up after you downloaded it. If you can't remember what you turned on, try disabling all your keyboard settings, and enable them as you test your keyboard out. Disabling the configuration should do the trick: You may have meddled with your keyboard settings and are now dealing with lag. Resetting the keyboard dictionary will help. Scroll down and toggle off Predictive Text (should turn green to grey)ĭid you recently update iOS? Your keyboard data may be incompatible with your new iOS version.

Although predictive text is useful, it can cause keyboard lag.

My keyboard is typing slow