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I installed Windows 10 on a physically German keyboard, then installed a Window English software 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 layout?
Mawg says reinstate Monica
Posted 2015-08-15T07:19:14.317
Reputation: 2 744
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In Windows 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.
Mawg says reinstate Monica
Posted 2015-08-15T07:19:14.317
Reputation: 2 744
19I 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 – 2016-05-16T15:37:29.750
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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... http://superuser.com/questions/685078/how-do-i-remove-english-us-from-windows-8-1
– Mikkel Nielsen – 2016-06-20T07:32:30.8431This 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 – 2018-08-31T13:51:53.640
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To remove a keyboard under Windows 10 is done this way :
Method 1 : Settings
Method 2 : Preloaded
HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Keyboard Layout\Preload.
You will find there the list of keyboards that are preloaded at boot.
harrymc
Posted 2015-08-15T07:19:14.317
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2The Remove button is disabled. Isn`t it? – Alexander Pravdin – 2018-11-13T14:15:05.023
@AlexanderPravdin: Good eyes. Yes, since it is the only one left. – harrymc – 2018-11-13T14:16:18.150
1The 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 – 2018-11-13T14:21:58.660
@AlexanderPravdin: The Preloaded method fixed the problem of the poster, and is specified in case the keyboard is not found in the list. – harrymc – 2018-11-13T15:00:26.033
6Only method 2 works for me, ty! – xxxbence – 2019-03-02T06:07:12.880
4I used method 2, but it was back after reboot. I had to delete C:\Windows\en-GB and "Preload" registry key in HKEY_CURRENT_USER and registry key "Control Panel\International\User Profile\Languages" in both HKEY_CURRENT_USER and HKEY_USERS, finally it's gone. Thanks Microsoft! – Blackfighter – 2019-07-17T07:32:33.243
This (Method 2) was the answer, thank you! I have two custom layouts (created with KbdEdit), derived from the standard US layout, but Win 10 kept adding the default layout back in. Following the Method 2 the extraneous default is now gone.
– Ville – 2019-07-23T04:41:27.220Preload? This is nasty, who designed it? – Al Kepp – 2019-12-05T17:48:57.503
United Kingdom 0x00000809 – SmartManoj – 2020-01-31T02:52:21.120
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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.
Peter Hahndorf
Posted 2015-08-15T07:19:14.317
Reputation: 10 677
15In 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 says reinstate Monica – 2015-08-16T08:16:22.947
13The 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 – 2015-12-09T16:00:42.110
26I 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 – 2016-04-13T11:09:56.230
Thanks @TomášZáluský, that helped a lot! Until now I had to restart the system, now I know how to handle this exact problem :-) – janhink – 2018-02-26T09:48:07.347
@TomášZáluský I had the same problem, I could swear that "Odebrat" (Remove) button wasn't there the first time I checked (or was greyed out). – rluks – 2018-04-08T08:29:47.263
2@Mawg I don't have "Clock, Languages and Regions" either. For me, the solution by Johannes Rudolph below worked. – user4954 – 2018-05-31T14:57:08.613
That's useful to know. Thanks (+1). It should help others in a similar situation. – Mawg says reinstate Monica – 2018-06-01T05:56:30.647
1I have no such section in settings either, there is NO WAY to remove a keyboard layout/input method in settings, it's ridiculous – szx – 2018-09-23T08:40:20.073
"use the settings app instead" Which app? – Pedro77 – 2018-11-01T11:08:33.603
For me, the solutions by harrymc and Johannes Rudolph below worked. – Meltdown – 2019-07-25T15:51:15.003
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I finally managed to solve this. Go to Settings, Time&Language, Region&Language:
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.
Johannes Rudolph
Posted 2015-08-15T07:19:14.317
Reputation: 271
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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 Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\International\User Profile\Languages 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.
pashute
Posted 2015-08-15T07:19:14.317
Reputation: 171
you have edited the wrong registry key, see my answer – Ohad Cohen – 2018-05-25T18:23:46.760
1Anything you can remove in Device Manager? – Mokubai – 2015-08-15T07:51:16.787
Only the physical keyboard, but not the keyboard layout :-( – Mawg says reinstate Monica – 2015-08-15T08:07:59.240
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See this question if Control panel doesn't show your keyboard layout, but it does appear in the system tray: https://superuser.com/questions/685078/how-do-i-remove-english-us-from-windows-8-1
– cbp – 2018-01-24T22:05:43.8807This 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 – 2018-07-09T14:52:44.037
2The previous comment should be a seperate answer – this was the only one that solved it for me. – DreamFlasher – 2019-06-20T09:27:29.463
1Yep, @Jubei comment is the RIGHT answer. – nephewtom – 2020-01-10T11:23:06.937
1Then @Jubei should post an answer – Mawg says reinstate Monica – 2020-01-10T12:19:34.470
1@MawgsaysreinstateMonica apparently I don't have the necessary reputation for that... – Jubei – 2020-01-17T12:12:19.620