How to delete a keyboard layout in Windows 10












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I installed Windows 10 on a physically German keyboard, then installed an English keyboard and bought some little stickers to make my keyboard look OK.



However, Windows shows 2 keyboards installed & occasionally toggles back to German.



Note that I am not talking about removing a language (which is all that I can find when I Google).



How do I remove the German keyboard?










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    Anything you can remove in Device Manager?

    – Mokubai
    Aug 15 '15 at 7:51











  • Only the physical keyboard, but not the keyboard layout :-(

    – Mawg
    Aug 15 '15 at 8:07






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    See this question if Control panel doesn't show your keyboard layout, but it does appear in the system tray: superuser.com/questions/685078/…

    – cbp
    Jan 24 '18 at 22:05






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    This is a bug. Add the German Keyboard layout and remove it again. Press the Windows key, type "Edit Language and keyboard options", left click on English --> Options. "Add a keyboard", scroll to German QUERTZ and add it. If you now remove it, it should be gone for good.

    – Jubei
    Jul 9 '18 at 14:52


















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I installed Windows 10 on a physically German keyboard, then installed an English keyboard and bought some little stickers to make my keyboard look OK.



However, Windows shows 2 keyboards installed & occasionally toggles back to German.



Note that I am not talking about removing a language (which is all that I can find when I Google).



How do I remove the German keyboard?










share|improve this question




















  • 1





    Anything you can remove in Device Manager?

    – Mokubai
    Aug 15 '15 at 7:51











  • Only the physical keyboard, but not the keyboard layout :-(

    – Mawg
    Aug 15 '15 at 8:07






  • 1





    See this question if Control panel doesn't show your keyboard layout, but it does appear in the system tray: superuser.com/questions/685078/…

    – cbp
    Jan 24 '18 at 22:05






  • 1





    This is a bug. Add the German Keyboard layout and remove it again. Press the Windows key, type "Edit Language and keyboard options", left click on English --> Options. "Add a keyboard", scroll to German QUERTZ and add it. If you now remove it, it should be gone for good.

    – Jubei
    Jul 9 '18 at 14:52
















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I installed Windows 10 on a physically German keyboard, then installed an English keyboard and bought some little stickers to make my keyboard look OK.



However, Windows shows 2 keyboards installed & occasionally toggles back to German.



Note that I am not talking about removing a language (which is all that I can find when I Google).



How do I remove the German keyboard?










share|improve this question
















I installed Windows 10 on a physically German keyboard, then installed an English keyboard and bought some little stickers to make my keyboard look OK.



However, Windows shows 2 keyboards installed & occasionally toggles back to German.



Note that I am not talking about removing a language (which is all that I can find when I Google).



How do I remove the German keyboard?







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    Anything you can remove in Device Manager?

    – Mokubai
    Aug 15 '15 at 7:51











  • Only the physical keyboard, but not the keyboard layout :-(

    – Mawg
    Aug 15 '15 at 8:07






  • 1





    See this question if Control panel doesn't show your keyboard layout, but it does appear in the system tray: superuser.com/questions/685078/…

    – cbp
    Jan 24 '18 at 22:05






  • 1





    This is a bug. Add the German Keyboard layout and remove it again. Press the Windows key, type "Edit Language and keyboard options", left click on English --> Options. "Add a keyboard", scroll to German QUERTZ and add it. If you now remove it, it should be gone for good.

    – Jubei
    Jul 9 '18 at 14:52
















  • 1





    Anything you can remove in Device Manager?

    – Mokubai
    Aug 15 '15 at 7:51











  • Only the physical keyboard, but not the keyboard layout :-(

    – Mawg
    Aug 15 '15 at 8:07






  • 1





    See this question if Control panel doesn't show your keyboard layout, but it does appear in the system tray: superuser.com/questions/685078/…

    – cbp
    Jan 24 '18 at 22:05






  • 1





    This is a bug. Add the German Keyboard layout and remove it again. Press the Windows key, type "Edit Language and keyboard options", left click on English --> Options. "Add a keyboard", scroll to German QUERTZ and add it. If you now remove it, it should be gone for good.

    – Jubei
    Jul 9 '18 at 14:52










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Anything you can remove in Device Manager?

– Mokubai
Aug 15 '15 at 7:51





Anything you can remove in Device Manager?

– Mokubai
Aug 15 '15 at 7:51













Only the physical keyboard, but not the keyboard layout :-(

– Mawg
Aug 15 '15 at 8:07





Only the physical keyboard, but not the keyboard layout :-(

– Mawg
Aug 15 '15 at 8:07




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See this question if Control panel doesn't show your keyboard layout, but it does appear in the system tray: superuser.com/questions/685078/…

– cbp
Jan 24 '18 at 22:05





See this question if Control panel doesn't show your keyboard layout, but it does appear in the system tray: superuser.com/questions/685078/…

– cbp
Jan 24 '18 at 22:05




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This is a bug. Add the German Keyboard layout and remove it again. Press the Windows key, type "Edit Language and keyboard options", left click on English --> Options. "Add a keyboard", scroll to German QUERTZ and add it. If you now remove it, it should be gone for good.

– Jubei
Jul 9 '18 at 14:52







This is a bug. Add the German Keyboard layout and remove it again. Press the Windows key, type "Edit Language and keyboard options", left click on English --> Options. "Add a keyboard", scroll to German QUERTZ and add it. If you now remove it, it should be gone for good.

– Jubei
Jul 9 '18 at 14:52












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Edit: This section of the control panel has been removed from newer versions of Windows 10. You need to use the settings app instead.



Open Control Panel, under the Clock, Language and Region heading click Change input methods, you should see your language, click on Options, in the Input method section you should see two entries, remove one.



control panel for keyboards






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    In Widows 10, on the Control Panel, I do not see "Clock, Languages and Regions". I see Language and Region as two separate items, but I don@t see the option that you mention.

    – Mawg
    Aug 16 '15 at 8:16








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    The system installs "English (United States) US Keyboard" even though none of my input methods has that keyboard listed in the options. How can I get rid of it then?

    – roberto tomás
    Dec 9 '15 at 16:00






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    I have two languages (EN + CZ) and had two keyboard layouts for Czech language (QWERTY+QWERTZ). I wanted to get rid of Czech QWERTZ layout. Although there were both layouts shown in system tray, there was only QWERTY in Input methods section. Probably caused by bug in Windows. Solution: add QWERTZ layout in Input methods section and then remove it.

    – Tomáš Záluský
    Apr 13 '16 at 11:09






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    @Mawg I don't have "Clock, Languages and Regions" either. For me, the solution by Johannes Rudolph below worked.

    – user4954
    May 31 '18 at 14:57






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    I have no such section in settings either, there is NO WAY to remove a keyboard layout/input method in settings, it's ridiculous

    – szx
    Sep 23 '18 at 8:40



















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In Widows 10, on the Control Panel, I chose "Languages". There was a rectangle labelled English and next to it was some text saying "keyboard layout: English, German".



I clicked on that box and then there was an option to remove each keyboard.



I have searched through every possible selection under Language and Region and this is the only way that I found to remove keyboard.



I hope that this will be of use to other in future.






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    I am using english display language but a swedish keyboard layout. However my keyboard switches to english all the time and i cannot delete the english layout. When i edit the layouts i can only see the swedish keyboard, but when i click "ENG" in the system tray i can pick between both keyboards. Its driving me insane!

    – Maciej Swic
    May 16 '16 at 15:37






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    I have the same problem. In system tray i see ENG. But I dont have english keyboard layout. Found this post and it works, for now... superuser.com/questions/685078/…

    – Mikkel Nielsen
    Jun 20 '16 at 7:32








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    This works, but the problem is that you will also remove the language. In my case, I only wanted to remove the EN keyboard but keep my OS in English - and this side effect might actually be more annoying than having an extra keyboard

    – Żubrówka
    Aug 31 '18 at 13:51



















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To remove a keyboard under Windows 10 is done this way :



Method 1 : Settings




  1. Select the Start button

  2. Go to Settings > Time & Language > Region & language

  3. Under Languages, click your language
    image1

  4. Click Options

  5. Under Keyboards click your keyboard

  6. Click Remove
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Method 2 : Preloaded




  1. Use regedit to navigate to HKEY_USERS.DEFAULTKeyboard LayoutPreload.
    You will find there the list of keyboards that are preloaded at boot.

  2. Find the keyboard identifier among the list of
    Keyboard Identifiers

  3. Delete the key.






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  • The Remove button is disabled. Isn`t it?

    – Alexander Pravdin
    Nov 13 '18 at 14:15











  • @AlexanderPravdin: Good eyes. Yes, since it is the only one left.

    – harrymc
    Nov 13 '18 at 14:16











  • The question was how to remove the keyboard layout which is the last for the selected windows language. So I was wandered of this picture...

    – Alexander Pravdin
    Nov 13 '18 at 14:21











  • @AlexanderPravdin: The Preloaded method fixed the problem of the poster, and is specified in case the keyboard is not found in the list.

    – harrymc
    Nov 13 '18 at 15:00



















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I finally managed to solve this. Go to Settings, Time&Language, Region&Language:



Language Settings



I had German (Deutsch) as the default language, with English US as display language. Then:
- Click on English and select Options
- Add a Keyboard in your preferred layout (Swedish, German, whaterver)
- Then remove the US Keyboard Layout for english language



The language selector (win+space) now shows like:
English US - German Layout
German - German Layout



It's not a 100% solution but at least it will fix random keyboard layout swaps.






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  • Do you have any idea about where this VIE IME come from? Imgur

    – Luke
    Jun 25 '18 at 9:06



















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When all the solution above don't help - open registry editor (WinKey + r -> regedit), edit Languages under ComputerHKEY_CURRENT_USERControl PanelInternationalUser Profile to list desired keyboard layouts and restart computer.






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  • Still no work, I bought EN, install JA, but got no clue about where the * this VIE come from. Imgur

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I don't know why but I don't have any of the above options in the Control panel.



I have Clock and Region (no Language mentioned) and inside cannot set the language.



If I click the ENG on the language bar in the tray I finally get: Language Preferences. Choosing that, takes me to the Languages control panel.



I cannot delete the UK keyboard (I have Israel and the US keyboard set, and Hebrew as a second language). Standing on the UK keyboard the Remove button is disabled.



Deleting the UK key (809) from the registry ComputerHKEY_CURRENT_USERControl PanelInternationalUser ProfileLanguages should do the trick (in older versions it was a different key with a dword for each language: 409 was English US, 40d is Hebrew, 809 is UK) Thanks Ohad!!!!



I had to go under the Region and Languages Settings panel, Advanced Keyboard Settings, and Override for default input method.



Changed from Use Language List (recommended) to Hebrew



Rebooted and all's ok now.






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  • you have edited the wrong registry key, see my answer

    – Ohad Cohen
    May 25 '18 at 18:23





















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This is a really dangerous option, use it only as last resort



After last windows update, I found English (Great Britain) in my languages list, since I'm used to US non-letters layout, and I need to switch languages quite often, and this drives me crazy - changing languages twice every time, and non of the above options works - I've tried that option.



Let's hope it won't get back in the next windows update.



Solution: go to C:Windows, look for a folder named as the layout you want to remove (en-GB in my case) and remove it / change it's name.



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    Sometimes display languages keep adding themselves to keyboard layout lists.



    1) press winkey+R



    2) enter lpksetup and press enter



    3) choose "uninstall display languages"



    4) choose the language you want to remove and click "next"



    5) restart your computer



    answer taken from this thread






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      Edit: This section of the control panel has been removed from newer versions of Windows 10. You need to use the settings app instead.



      Open Control Panel, under the Clock, Language and Region heading click Change input methods, you should see your language, click on Options, in the Input method section you should see two entries, remove one.



      control panel for keyboards






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        In Widows 10, on the Control Panel, I do not see "Clock, Languages and Regions". I see Language and Region as two separate items, but I don@t see the option that you mention.

        – Mawg
        Aug 16 '15 at 8:16








      • 13





        The system installs "English (United States) US Keyboard" even though none of my input methods has that keyboard listed in the options. How can I get rid of it then?

        – roberto tomás
        Dec 9 '15 at 16:00






      • 20





        I have two languages (EN + CZ) and had two keyboard layouts for Czech language (QWERTY+QWERTZ). I wanted to get rid of Czech QWERTZ layout. Although there were both layouts shown in system tray, there was only QWERTY in Input methods section. Probably caused by bug in Windows. Solution: add QWERTZ layout in Input methods section and then remove it.

        – Tomáš Záluský
        Apr 13 '16 at 11:09






      • 1





        @Mawg I don't have "Clock, Languages and Regions" either. For me, the solution by Johannes Rudolph below worked.

        – user4954
        May 31 '18 at 14:57






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        I have no such section in settings either, there is NO WAY to remove a keyboard layout/input method in settings, it's ridiculous

        – szx
        Sep 23 '18 at 8:40
















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      Edit: This section of the control panel has been removed from newer versions of Windows 10. You need to use the settings app instead.



      Open Control Panel, under the Clock, Language and Region heading click Change input methods, you should see your language, click on Options, in the Input method section you should see two entries, remove one.



      control panel for keyboards






      share|improve this answer





















      • 8





        In Widows 10, on the Control Panel, I do not see "Clock, Languages and Regions". I see Language and Region as two separate items, but I don@t see the option that you mention.

        – Mawg
        Aug 16 '15 at 8:16








      • 13





        The system installs "English (United States) US Keyboard" even though none of my input methods has that keyboard listed in the options. How can I get rid of it then?

        – roberto tomás
        Dec 9 '15 at 16:00






      • 20





        I have two languages (EN + CZ) and had two keyboard layouts for Czech language (QWERTY+QWERTZ). I wanted to get rid of Czech QWERTZ layout. Although there were both layouts shown in system tray, there was only QWERTY in Input methods section. Probably caused by bug in Windows. Solution: add QWERTZ layout in Input methods section and then remove it.

        – Tomáš Záluský
        Apr 13 '16 at 11:09






      • 1





        @Mawg I don't have "Clock, Languages and Regions" either. For me, the solution by Johannes Rudolph below worked.

        – user4954
        May 31 '18 at 14:57






      • 1





        I have no such section in settings either, there is NO WAY to remove a keyboard layout/input method in settings, it's ridiculous

        – szx
        Sep 23 '18 at 8:40














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      Edit: This section of the control panel has been removed from newer versions of Windows 10. You need to use the settings app instead.



      Open Control Panel, under the Clock, Language and Region heading click Change input methods, you should see your language, click on Options, in the Input method section you should see two entries, remove one.



      control panel for keyboards






      share|improve this answer















      Edit: This section of the control panel has been removed from newer versions of Windows 10. You need to use the settings app instead.



      Open Control Panel, under the Clock, Language and Region heading click Change input methods, you should see your language, click on Options, in the Input method section you should see two entries, remove one.



      control panel for keyboards







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      • 8





        In Widows 10, on the Control Panel, I do not see "Clock, Languages and Regions". I see Language and Region as two separate items, but I don@t see the option that you mention.

        – Mawg
        Aug 16 '15 at 8:16








      • 13





        The system installs "English (United States) US Keyboard" even though none of my input methods has that keyboard listed in the options. How can I get rid of it then?

        – roberto tomás
        Dec 9 '15 at 16:00






      • 20





        I have two languages (EN + CZ) and had two keyboard layouts for Czech language (QWERTY+QWERTZ). I wanted to get rid of Czech QWERTZ layout. Although there were both layouts shown in system tray, there was only QWERTY in Input methods section. Probably caused by bug in Windows. Solution: add QWERTZ layout in Input methods section and then remove it.

        – Tomáš Záluský
        Apr 13 '16 at 11:09






      • 1





        @Mawg I don't have "Clock, Languages and Regions" either. For me, the solution by Johannes Rudolph below worked.

        – user4954
        May 31 '18 at 14:57






      • 1





        I have no such section in settings either, there is NO WAY to remove a keyboard layout/input method in settings, it's ridiculous

        – szx
        Sep 23 '18 at 8:40














      • 8





        In Widows 10, on the Control Panel, I do not see "Clock, Languages and Regions". I see Language and Region as two separate items, but I don@t see the option that you mention.

        – Mawg
        Aug 16 '15 at 8:16








      • 13





        The system installs "English (United States) US Keyboard" even though none of my input methods has that keyboard listed in the options. How can I get rid of it then?

        – roberto tomás
        Dec 9 '15 at 16:00






      • 20





        I have two languages (EN + CZ) and had two keyboard layouts for Czech language (QWERTY+QWERTZ). I wanted to get rid of Czech QWERTZ layout. Although there were both layouts shown in system tray, there was only QWERTY in Input methods section. Probably caused by bug in Windows. Solution: add QWERTZ layout in Input methods section and then remove it.

        – Tomáš Záluský
        Apr 13 '16 at 11:09






      • 1





        @Mawg I don't have "Clock, Languages and Regions" either. For me, the solution by Johannes Rudolph below worked.

        – user4954
        May 31 '18 at 14:57






      • 1





        I have no such section in settings either, there is NO WAY to remove a keyboard layout/input method in settings, it's ridiculous

        – szx
        Sep 23 '18 at 8:40








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      8





      In Widows 10, on the Control Panel, I do not see "Clock, Languages and Regions". I see Language and Region as two separate items, but I don@t see the option that you mention.

      – Mawg
      Aug 16 '15 at 8:16







      In Widows 10, on the Control Panel, I do not see "Clock, Languages and Regions". I see Language and Region as two separate items, but I don@t see the option that you mention.

      – Mawg
      Aug 16 '15 at 8:16






      13




      13





      The system installs "English (United States) US Keyboard" even though none of my input methods has that keyboard listed in the options. How can I get rid of it then?

      – roberto tomás
      Dec 9 '15 at 16:00





      The system installs "English (United States) US Keyboard" even though none of my input methods has that keyboard listed in the options. How can I get rid of it then?

      – roberto tomás
      Dec 9 '15 at 16:00




      20




      20





      I have two languages (EN + CZ) and had two keyboard layouts for Czech language (QWERTY+QWERTZ). I wanted to get rid of Czech QWERTZ layout. Although there were both layouts shown in system tray, there was only QWERTY in Input methods section. Probably caused by bug in Windows. Solution: add QWERTZ layout in Input methods section and then remove it.

      – Tomáš Záluský
      Apr 13 '16 at 11:09





      I have two languages (EN + CZ) and had two keyboard layouts for Czech language (QWERTY+QWERTZ). I wanted to get rid of Czech QWERTZ layout. Although there were both layouts shown in system tray, there was only QWERTY in Input methods section. Probably caused by bug in Windows. Solution: add QWERTZ layout in Input methods section and then remove it.

      – Tomáš Záluský
      Apr 13 '16 at 11:09




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      @Mawg I don't have "Clock, Languages and Regions" either. For me, the solution by Johannes Rudolph below worked.

      – user4954
      May 31 '18 at 14:57





      @Mawg I don't have "Clock, Languages and Regions" either. For me, the solution by Johannes Rudolph below worked.

      – user4954
      May 31 '18 at 14:57




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      I have no such section in settings either, there is NO WAY to remove a keyboard layout/input method in settings, it's ridiculous

      – szx
      Sep 23 '18 at 8:40





      I have no such section in settings either, there is NO WAY to remove a keyboard layout/input method in settings, it's ridiculous

      – szx
      Sep 23 '18 at 8:40













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      In Widows 10, on the Control Panel, I chose "Languages". There was a rectangle labelled English and next to it was some text saying "keyboard layout: English, German".



      I clicked on that box and then there was an option to remove each keyboard.



      I have searched through every possible selection under Language and Region and this is the only way that I found to remove keyboard.



      I hope that this will be of use to other in future.






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        I am using english display language but a swedish keyboard layout. However my keyboard switches to english all the time and i cannot delete the english layout. When i edit the layouts i can only see the swedish keyboard, but when i click "ENG" in the system tray i can pick between both keyboards. Its driving me insane!

        – Maciej Swic
        May 16 '16 at 15:37






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        I have the same problem. In system tray i see ENG. But I dont have english keyboard layout. Found this post and it works, for now... superuser.com/questions/685078/…

        – Mikkel Nielsen
        Jun 20 '16 at 7:32








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        This works, but the problem is that you will also remove the language. In my case, I only wanted to remove the EN keyboard but keep my OS in English - and this side effect might actually be more annoying than having an extra keyboard

        – Żubrówka
        Aug 31 '18 at 13:51
















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      In Widows 10, on the Control Panel, I chose "Languages". There was a rectangle labelled English and next to it was some text saying "keyboard layout: English, German".



      I clicked on that box and then there was an option to remove each keyboard.



      I have searched through every possible selection under Language and Region and this is the only way that I found to remove keyboard.



      I hope that this will be of use to other in future.






      share|improve this answer





















      • 16





        I am using english display language but a swedish keyboard layout. However my keyboard switches to english all the time and i cannot delete the english layout. When i edit the layouts i can only see the swedish keyboard, but when i click "ENG" in the system tray i can pick between both keyboards. Its driving me insane!

        – Maciej Swic
        May 16 '16 at 15:37






      • 1





        I have the same problem. In system tray i see ENG. But I dont have english keyboard layout. Found this post and it works, for now... superuser.com/questions/685078/…

        – Mikkel Nielsen
        Jun 20 '16 at 7:32








      • 1





        This works, but the problem is that you will also remove the language. In my case, I only wanted to remove the EN keyboard but keep my OS in English - and this side effect might actually be more annoying than having an extra keyboard

        – Żubrówka
        Aug 31 '18 at 13:51














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      In Widows 10, on the Control Panel, I chose "Languages". There was a rectangle labelled English and next to it was some text saying "keyboard layout: English, German".



      I clicked on that box and then there was an option to remove each keyboard.



      I have searched through every possible selection under Language and Region and this is the only way that I found to remove keyboard.



      I hope that this will be of use to other in future.






      share|improve this answer















      In Widows 10, on the Control Panel, I chose "Languages". There was a rectangle labelled English and next to it was some text saying "keyboard layout: English, German".



      I clicked on that box and then there was an option to remove each keyboard.



      I have searched through every possible selection under Language and Region and this is the only way that I found to remove keyboard.



      I hope that this will be of use to other in future.







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      • 16





        I am using english display language but a swedish keyboard layout. However my keyboard switches to english all the time and i cannot delete the english layout. When i edit the layouts i can only see the swedish keyboard, but when i click "ENG" in the system tray i can pick between both keyboards. Its driving me insane!

        – Maciej Swic
        May 16 '16 at 15:37






      • 1





        I have the same problem. In system tray i see ENG. But I dont have english keyboard layout. Found this post and it works, for now... superuser.com/questions/685078/…

        – Mikkel Nielsen
        Jun 20 '16 at 7:32








      • 1





        This works, but the problem is that you will also remove the language. In my case, I only wanted to remove the EN keyboard but keep my OS in English - and this side effect might actually be more annoying than having an extra keyboard

        – Żubrówka
        Aug 31 '18 at 13:51














      • 16





        I am using english display language but a swedish keyboard layout. However my keyboard switches to english all the time and i cannot delete the english layout. When i edit the layouts i can only see the swedish keyboard, but when i click "ENG" in the system tray i can pick between both keyboards. Its driving me insane!

        – Maciej Swic
        May 16 '16 at 15:37






      • 1





        I have the same problem. In system tray i see ENG. But I dont have english keyboard layout. Found this post and it works, for now... superuser.com/questions/685078/…

        – Mikkel Nielsen
        Jun 20 '16 at 7:32








      • 1





        This works, but the problem is that you will also remove the language. In my case, I only wanted to remove the EN keyboard but keep my OS in English - and this side effect might actually be more annoying than having an extra keyboard

        – Żubrówka
        Aug 31 '18 at 13:51








      16




      16





      I am using english display language but a swedish keyboard layout. However my keyboard switches to english all the time and i cannot delete the english layout. When i edit the layouts i can only see the swedish keyboard, but when i click "ENG" in the system tray i can pick between both keyboards. Its driving me insane!

      – Maciej Swic
      May 16 '16 at 15:37





      I am using english display language but a swedish keyboard layout. However my keyboard switches to english all the time and i cannot delete the english layout. When i edit the layouts i can only see the swedish keyboard, but when i click "ENG" in the system tray i can pick between both keyboards. Its driving me insane!

      – Maciej Swic
      May 16 '16 at 15:37




      1




      1





      I have the same problem. In system tray i see ENG. But I dont have english keyboard layout. Found this post and it works, for now... superuser.com/questions/685078/…

      – Mikkel Nielsen
      Jun 20 '16 at 7:32







      I have the same problem. In system tray i see ENG. But I dont have english keyboard layout. Found this post and it works, for now... superuser.com/questions/685078/…

      – Mikkel Nielsen
      Jun 20 '16 at 7:32






      1




      1





      This works, but the problem is that you will also remove the language. In my case, I only wanted to remove the EN keyboard but keep my OS in English - and this side effect might actually be more annoying than having an extra keyboard

      – Żubrówka
      Aug 31 '18 at 13:51





      This works, but the problem is that you will also remove the language. In my case, I only wanted to remove the EN keyboard but keep my OS in English - and this side effect might actually be more annoying than having an extra keyboard

      – Żubrówka
      Aug 31 '18 at 13:51











      8





      +50









      To remove a keyboard under Windows 10 is done this way :



      Method 1 : Settings




      1. Select the Start button

      2. Go to Settings > Time & Language > Region & language

      3. Under Languages, click your language
        image1

      4. Click Options

      5. Under Keyboards click your keyboard

      6. Click Remove
        image2


      Method 2 : Preloaded




      1. Use regedit to navigate to HKEY_USERS.DEFAULTKeyboard LayoutPreload.
        You will find there the list of keyboards that are preloaded at boot.

      2. Find the keyboard identifier among the list of
        Keyboard Identifiers

      3. Delete the key.






      share|improve this answer
























      • The Remove button is disabled. Isn`t it?

        – Alexander Pravdin
        Nov 13 '18 at 14:15











      • @AlexanderPravdin: Good eyes. Yes, since it is the only one left.

        – harrymc
        Nov 13 '18 at 14:16











      • The question was how to remove the keyboard layout which is the last for the selected windows language. So I was wandered of this picture...

        – Alexander Pravdin
        Nov 13 '18 at 14:21











      • @AlexanderPravdin: The Preloaded method fixed the problem of the poster, and is specified in case the keyboard is not found in the list.

        – harrymc
        Nov 13 '18 at 15:00
















      8





      +50









      To remove a keyboard under Windows 10 is done this way :



      Method 1 : Settings




      1. Select the Start button

      2. Go to Settings > Time & Language > Region & language

      3. Under Languages, click your language
        image1

      4. Click Options

      5. Under Keyboards click your keyboard

      6. Click Remove
        image2


      Method 2 : Preloaded




      1. Use regedit to navigate to HKEY_USERS.DEFAULTKeyboard LayoutPreload.
        You will find there the list of keyboards that are preloaded at boot.

      2. Find the keyboard identifier among the list of
        Keyboard Identifiers

      3. Delete the key.






      share|improve this answer
























      • The Remove button is disabled. Isn`t it?

        – Alexander Pravdin
        Nov 13 '18 at 14:15











      • @AlexanderPravdin: Good eyes. Yes, since it is the only one left.

        – harrymc
        Nov 13 '18 at 14:16











      • The question was how to remove the keyboard layout which is the last for the selected windows language. So I was wandered of this picture...

        – Alexander Pravdin
        Nov 13 '18 at 14:21











      • @AlexanderPravdin: The Preloaded method fixed the problem of the poster, and is specified in case the keyboard is not found in the list.

        – harrymc
        Nov 13 '18 at 15:00














      8





      +50







      8





      +50



      8




      +50





      To remove a keyboard under Windows 10 is done this way :



      Method 1 : Settings




      1. Select the Start button

      2. Go to Settings > Time & Language > Region & language

      3. Under Languages, click your language
        image1

      4. Click Options

      5. Under Keyboards click your keyboard

      6. Click Remove
        image2


      Method 2 : Preloaded




      1. Use regedit to navigate to HKEY_USERS.DEFAULTKeyboard LayoutPreload.
        You will find there the list of keyboards that are preloaded at boot.

      2. Find the keyboard identifier among the list of
        Keyboard Identifiers

      3. Delete the key.






      share|improve this answer













      To remove a keyboard under Windows 10 is done this way :



      Method 1 : Settings




      1. Select the Start button

      2. Go to Settings > Time & Language > Region & language

      3. Under Languages, click your language
        image1

      4. Click Options

      5. Under Keyboards click your keyboard

      6. Click Remove
        image2


      Method 2 : Preloaded




      1. Use regedit to navigate to HKEY_USERS.DEFAULTKeyboard LayoutPreload.
        You will find there the list of keyboards that are preloaded at boot.

      2. Find the keyboard identifier among the list of
        Keyboard Identifiers

      3. Delete the key.







      share|improve this answer












      share|improve this answer



      share|improve this answer










      answered Jul 16 '18 at 8:08









      harrymcharrymc

      255k14266566




      255k14266566













      • The Remove button is disabled. Isn`t it?

        – Alexander Pravdin
        Nov 13 '18 at 14:15











      • @AlexanderPravdin: Good eyes. Yes, since it is the only one left.

        – harrymc
        Nov 13 '18 at 14:16











      • The question was how to remove the keyboard layout which is the last for the selected windows language. So I was wandered of this picture...

        – Alexander Pravdin
        Nov 13 '18 at 14:21











      • @AlexanderPravdin: The Preloaded method fixed the problem of the poster, and is specified in case the keyboard is not found in the list.

        – harrymc
        Nov 13 '18 at 15:00



















      • The Remove button is disabled. Isn`t it?

        – Alexander Pravdin
        Nov 13 '18 at 14:15











      • @AlexanderPravdin: Good eyes. Yes, since it is the only one left.

        – harrymc
        Nov 13 '18 at 14:16











      • The question was how to remove the keyboard layout which is the last for the selected windows language. So I was wandered of this picture...

        – Alexander Pravdin
        Nov 13 '18 at 14:21











      • @AlexanderPravdin: The Preloaded method fixed the problem of the poster, and is specified in case the keyboard is not found in the list.

        – harrymc
        Nov 13 '18 at 15:00

















      The Remove button is disabled. Isn`t it?

      – Alexander Pravdin
      Nov 13 '18 at 14:15





      The Remove button is disabled. Isn`t it?

      – Alexander Pravdin
      Nov 13 '18 at 14:15













      @AlexanderPravdin: Good eyes. Yes, since it is the only one left.

      – harrymc
      Nov 13 '18 at 14:16





      @AlexanderPravdin: Good eyes. Yes, since it is the only one left.

      – harrymc
      Nov 13 '18 at 14:16













      The question was how to remove the keyboard layout which is the last for the selected windows language. So I was wandered of this picture...

      – Alexander Pravdin
      Nov 13 '18 at 14:21





      The question was how to remove the keyboard layout which is the last for the selected windows language. So I was wandered of this picture...

      – Alexander Pravdin
      Nov 13 '18 at 14:21













      @AlexanderPravdin: The Preloaded method fixed the problem of the poster, and is specified in case the keyboard is not found in the list.

      – harrymc
      Nov 13 '18 at 15:00





      @AlexanderPravdin: The Preloaded method fixed the problem of the poster, and is specified in case the keyboard is not found in the list.

      – harrymc
      Nov 13 '18 at 15:00











      7














      I finally managed to solve this. Go to Settings, Time&Language, Region&Language:



      Language Settings



      I had German (Deutsch) as the default language, with English US as display language. Then:
      - Click on English and select Options
      - Add a Keyboard in your preferred layout (Swedish, German, whaterver)
      - Then remove the US Keyboard Layout for english language



      The language selector (win+space) now shows like:
      English US - German Layout
      German - German Layout



      It's not a 100% solution but at least it will fix random keyboard layout swaps.






      share|improve this answer
























      • Do you have any idea about where this VIE IME come from? Imgur

        – Luke
        Jun 25 '18 at 9:06
















      7














      I finally managed to solve this. Go to Settings, Time&Language, Region&Language:



      Language Settings



      I had German (Deutsch) as the default language, with English US as display language. Then:
      - Click on English and select Options
      - Add a Keyboard in your preferred layout (Swedish, German, whaterver)
      - Then remove the US Keyboard Layout for english language



      The language selector (win+space) now shows like:
      English US - German Layout
      German - German Layout



      It's not a 100% solution but at least it will fix random keyboard layout swaps.






      share|improve this answer
























      • Do you have any idea about where this VIE IME come from? Imgur

        – Luke
        Jun 25 '18 at 9:06














      7












      7








      7







      I finally managed to solve this. Go to Settings, Time&Language, Region&Language:



      Language Settings



      I had German (Deutsch) as the default language, with English US as display language. Then:
      - Click on English and select Options
      - Add a Keyboard in your preferred layout (Swedish, German, whaterver)
      - Then remove the US Keyboard Layout for english language



      The language selector (win+space) now shows like:
      English US - German Layout
      German - German Layout



      It's not a 100% solution but at least it will fix random keyboard layout swaps.






      share|improve this answer













      I finally managed to solve this. Go to Settings, Time&Language, Region&Language:



      Language Settings



      I had German (Deutsch) as the default language, with English US as display language. Then:
      - Click on English and select Options
      - Add a Keyboard in your preferred layout (Swedish, German, whaterver)
      - Then remove the US Keyboard Layout for english language



      The language selector (win+space) now shows like:
      English US - German Layout
      German - German Layout



      It's not a 100% solution but at least it will fix random keyboard layout swaps.







      share|improve this answer












      share|improve this answer



      share|improve this answer










      answered Aug 2 '17 at 9:20









      Johannes RudolphJohannes Rudolph

      22139




      22139













      • Do you have any idea about where this VIE IME come from? Imgur

        – Luke
        Jun 25 '18 at 9:06



















      • Do you have any idea about where this VIE IME come from? Imgur

        – Luke
        Jun 25 '18 at 9:06

















      Do you have any idea about where this VIE IME come from? Imgur

      – Luke
      Jun 25 '18 at 9:06





      Do you have any idea about where this VIE IME come from? Imgur

      – Luke
      Jun 25 '18 at 9:06











      1














      When all the solution above don't help - open registry editor (WinKey + r -> regedit), edit Languages under ComputerHKEY_CURRENT_USERControl PanelInternationalUser Profile to list desired keyboard layouts and restart computer.






      share|improve this answer
























      • Still no work, I bought EN, install JA, but got no clue about where the * this VIE come from. Imgur

        – Luke
        Jun 25 '18 at 9:09
















      1














      When all the solution above don't help - open registry editor (WinKey + r -> regedit), edit Languages under ComputerHKEY_CURRENT_USERControl PanelInternationalUser Profile to list desired keyboard layouts and restart computer.






      share|improve this answer
























      • Still no work, I bought EN, install JA, but got no clue about where the * this VIE come from. Imgur

        – Luke
        Jun 25 '18 at 9:09














      1












      1








      1







      When all the solution above don't help - open registry editor (WinKey + r -> regedit), edit Languages under ComputerHKEY_CURRENT_USERControl PanelInternationalUser Profile to list desired keyboard layouts and restart computer.






      share|improve this answer













      When all the solution above don't help - open registry editor (WinKey + r -> regedit), edit Languages under ComputerHKEY_CURRENT_USERControl PanelInternationalUser Profile to list desired keyboard layouts and restart computer.







      share|improve this answer












      share|improve this answer



      share|improve this answer










      answered May 25 '18 at 18:20









      Ohad CohenOhad Cohen

      1754




      1754













      • Still no work, I bought EN, install JA, but got no clue about where the * this VIE come from. Imgur

        – Luke
        Jun 25 '18 at 9:09



















      • Still no work, I bought EN, install JA, but got no clue about where the * this VIE come from. Imgur

        – Luke
        Jun 25 '18 at 9:09

















      Still no work, I bought EN, install JA, but got no clue about where the * this VIE come from. Imgur

      – Luke
      Jun 25 '18 at 9:09





      Still no work, I bought EN, install JA, but got no clue about where the * this VIE come from. Imgur

      – Luke
      Jun 25 '18 at 9:09











      1














      I don't know why but I don't have any of the above options in the Control panel.



      I have Clock and Region (no Language mentioned) and inside cannot set the language.



      If I click the ENG on the language bar in the tray I finally get: Language Preferences. Choosing that, takes me to the Languages control panel.



      I cannot delete the UK keyboard (I have Israel and the US keyboard set, and Hebrew as a second language). Standing on the UK keyboard the Remove button is disabled.



      Deleting the UK key (809) from the registry ComputerHKEY_CURRENT_USERControl PanelInternationalUser ProfileLanguages should do the trick (in older versions it was a different key with a dword for each language: 409 was English US, 40d is Hebrew, 809 is UK) Thanks Ohad!!!!



      I had to go under the Region and Languages Settings panel, Advanced Keyboard Settings, and Override for default input method.



      Changed from Use Language List (recommended) to Hebrew



      Rebooted and all's ok now.






      share|improve this answer


























      • you have edited the wrong registry key, see my answer

        – Ohad Cohen
        May 25 '18 at 18:23


















      1














      I don't know why but I don't have any of the above options in the Control panel.



      I have Clock and Region (no Language mentioned) and inside cannot set the language.



      If I click the ENG on the language bar in the tray I finally get: Language Preferences. Choosing that, takes me to the Languages control panel.



      I cannot delete the UK keyboard (I have Israel and the US keyboard set, and Hebrew as a second language). Standing on the UK keyboard the Remove button is disabled.



      Deleting the UK key (809) from the registry ComputerHKEY_CURRENT_USERControl PanelInternationalUser ProfileLanguages should do the trick (in older versions it was a different key with a dword for each language: 409 was English US, 40d is Hebrew, 809 is UK) Thanks Ohad!!!!



      I had to go under the Region and Languages Settings panel, Advanced Keyboard Settings, and Override for default input method.



      Changed from Use Language List (recommended) to Hebrew



      Rebooted and all's ok now.






      share|improve this answer


























      • you have edited the wrong registry key, see my answer

        – Ohad Cohen
        May 25 '18 at 18:23
















      1












      1








      1







      I don't know why but I don't have any of the above options in the Control panel.



      I have Clock and Region (no Language mentioned) and inside cannot set the language.



      If I click the ENG on the language bar in the tray I finally get: Language Preferences. Choosing that, takes me to the Languages control panel.



      I cannot delete the UK keyboard (I have Israel and the US keyboard set, and Hebrew as a second language). Standing on the UK keyboard the Remove button is disabled.



      Deleting the UK key (809) from the registry ComputerHKEY_CURRENT_USERControl PanelInternationalUser ProfileLanguages should do the trick (in older versions it was a different key with a dword for each language: 409 was English US, 40d is Hebrew, 809 is UK) Thanks Ohad!!!!



      I had to go under the Region and Languages Settings panel, Advanced Keyboard Settings, and Override for default input method.



      Changed from Use Language List (recommended) to Hebrew



      Rebooted and all's ok now.






      share|improve this answer















      I don't know why but I don't have any of the above options in the Control panel.



      I have Clock and Region (no Language mentioned) and inside cannot set the language.



      If I click the ENG on the language bar in the tray I finally get: Language Preferences. Choosing that, takes me to the Languages control panel.



      I cannot delete the UK keyboard (I have Israel and the US keyboard set, and Hebrew as a second language). Standing on the UK keyboard the Remove button is disabled.



      Deleting the UK key (809) from the registry ComputerHKEY_CURRENT_USERControl PanelInternationalUser ProfileLanguages should do the trick (in older versions it was a different key with a dword for each language: 409 was English US, 40d is Hebrew, 809 is UK) Thanks Ohad!!!!



      I had to go under the Region and Languages Settings panel, Advanced Keyboard Settings, and Override for default input method.



      Changed from Use Language List (recommended) to Hebrew



      Rebooted and all's ok now.







      share|improve this answer














      share|improve this answer



      share|improve this answer








      edited May 26 '18 at 21:48

























      answered May 23 '18 at 11:05









      pashutepashute

      1415




      1415













      • you have edited the wrong registry key, see my answer

        – Ohad Cohen
        May 25 '18 at 18:23





















      • you have edited the wrong registry key, see my answer

        – Ohad Cohen
        May 25 '18 at 18:23



















      you have edited the wrong registry key, see my answer

      – Ohad Cohen
      May 25 '18 at 18:23







      you have edited the wrong registry key, see my answer

      – Ohad Cohen
      May 25 '18 at 18:23













      1














      This is a really dangerous option, use it only as last resort



      After last windows update, I found English (Great Britain) in my languages list, since I'm used to US non-letters layout, and I need to switch languages quite often, and this drives me crazy - changing languages twice every time, and non of the above options works - I've tried that option.



      Let's hope it won't get back in the next windows update.



      Solution: go to C:Windows, look for a folder named as the layout you want to remove (en-GB in my case) and remove it / change it's name.



      restart your computer






      share|improve this answer




























        1














        This is a really dangerous option, use it only as last resort



        After last windows update, I found English (Great Britain) in my languages list, since I'm used to US non-letters layout, and I need to switch languages quite often, and this drives me crazy - changing languages twice every time, and non of the above options works - I've tried that option.



        Let's hope it won't get back in the next windows update.



        Solution: go to C:Windows, look for a folder named as the layout you want to remove (en-GB in my case) and remove it / change it's name.



        restart your computer






        share|improve this answer


























          1












          1








          1







          This is a really dangerous option, use it only as last resort



          After last windows update, I found English (Great Britain) in my languages list, since I'm used to US non-letters layout, and I need to switch languages quite often, and this drives me crazy - changing languages twice every time, and non of the above options works - I've tried that option.



          Let's hope it won't get back in the next windows update.



          Solution: go to C:Windows, look for a folder named as the layout you want to remove (en-GB in my case) and remove it / change it's name.



          restart your computer






          share|improve this answer













          This is a really dangerous option, use it only as last resort



          After last windows update, I found English (Great Britain) in my languages list, since I'm used to US non-letters layout, and I need to switch languages quite often, and this drives me crazy - changing languages twice every time, and non of the above options works - I've tried that option.



          Let's hope it won't get back in the next windows update.



          Solution: go to C:Windows, look for a folder named as the layout you want to remove (en-GB in my case) and remove it / change it's name.



          restart your computer







          share|improve this answer












          share|improve this answer



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          answered Jan 9 at 14:07









          Ohad CohenOhad Cohen

          1754




          1754























              1














              Sometimes display languages keep adding themselves to keyboard layout lists.



              1) press winkey+R



              2) enter lpksetup and press enter



              3) choose "uninstall display languages"



              4) choose the language you want to remove and click "next"



              5) restart your computer



              answer taken from this thread






              share|improve this answer






























                1














                Sometimes display languages keep adding themselves to keyboard layout lists.



                1) press winkey+R



                2) enter lpksetup and press enter



                3) choose "uninstall display languages"



                4) choose the language you want to remove and click "next"



                5) restart your computer



                answer taken from this thread






                share|improve this answer




























                  1












                  1








                  1







                  Sometimes display languages keep adding themselves to keyboard layout lists.



                  1) press winkey+R



                  2) enter lpksetup and press enter



                  3) choose "uninstall display languages"



                  4) choose the language you want to remove and click "next"



                  5) restart your computer



                  answer taken from this thread






                  share|improve this answer















                  Sometimes display languages keep adding themselves to keyboard layout lists.



                  1) press winkey+R



                  2) enter lpksetup and press enter



                  3) choose "uninstall display languages"



                  4) choose the language you want to remove and click "next"



                  5) restart your computer



                  answer taken from this thread







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                  edited Jan 9 at 14:54

























                  answered Jan 9 at 14:46









                  Ohad CohenOhad Cohen

                  1754




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