Where Does Gboard Store Dictionary Data?
Gboard keeps learned words locally on Android with manual zip export from settings. Dictionary sync is gone and internal filenames stay unpublished.
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Gboard's dictionary story is local with one exit door. Learned words stay on the device after sync died years back. The supported transfer is a manual zip through the dictionary settings, exported on the old phone and imported on the new.
Package identity is confirmed for path mappers, while internal database filenames are deliberately absent. Third-party claims exist without credibility. Use the export flow and the system dictionary UI, never a guessed filename.
Where Gboard stores this, by platform
/data/data/com.google.android.inputmethod.latin
Private app storage for the verified Google keyboard package. Internal database filenames are unpublished, so only the root is quoted. Dictionary moves through the settings zip export rather than file copies.
Frequently asked questions
How do I transfer my Gboard dictionary?
Open Gboard settings, Dictionary, Personal dictionary, pick a language, and use Export then Import from the menu. That zip is the supported move between phones. Old sync options disappeared years ago, so the file is the whole story now.
Does Gboard sync learned words?
It ended around 2018 with broken behavior before removal. No current cloud sync for learned words is documented. The keyboard is effectively local-only now, with the export zip as the transfer path.
Is the personal dictionary Gboard-specific?
It is shared, not Gboard's. The personal dictionary UI surfaces the system user-dictionary provider used with the stock keyboard too. Third-party exact database filenames float around without credible backing and stay unquoted here.
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