Hi there, You can actually turn off notifications from the app by: 1) SK settings 2) Advanced 3) Uncheck the box SwiftKey has also stated they are working on

Hi there, You can actually turn off notifications from the app by: 1) SK settings 2) Advanced 3) Uncheck the box SwiftKey has also stated they are working on performance updates in the next release: http://swiftkey.com/en/blog/swiftkey-5-performance/ http://swiftkey.com/en/blog/swiftkey-5-performance/ As far as the notification at the top of the screen this is a notification provided by the Android OS and cannot be turned off or hidden. Cheers, Ryan Community Manager @ SwiftKey