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title: Hide keyboard
description: "Dismiss the on-screen keyboard after typing, so it stops covering the buttons and fields in the lower half of the screen."
lastUpdated: "2026-09-23"
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Dismiss the virtual keyboard after typing. The keyboard can cover buttons and fields, so hide it before tapping anything in the lower half of the screen.

## Parameters

This step has no parameters.

## Results and metrics

- **Timing**: start, end, and duration (in seconds) recorded in the step result.
- **Status**: success, even if no keyboard was open.
- **Screenshot**: captured after the keyboard is dismissed.

## What's next?

<Columns cols={2}>
  <Card title="Fill input" icon="keyboard" href="/tests/actions/smartphone/input">

    The step that usually opens the keyboard in the first place

</Card>
  <Card title="Tap" icon="hand-pointer" href="/tests/actions/smartphone/tap">

    Tap the button the keyboard was covering

</Card>
</Columns>