How to remove 'Unknown Locale (qaa-Latn)' from fresh Windows Server installation?

Question

I just installed Windows Server 2016 in a development virtual machine and strangely there is an 'Unknown Locale (qaa-Latn)' listed in my language / input list (in the task bar) and it doesn't show up anywhere in the 'Clock, Language and Region' and > Language areas of the control panel nor in the newer Windows Settings dialog.

I have no idea how it got there and how I would remove it as it isn't listed anywhere explicitly.

Is there any way to remove this locale?

Update with more Details: This is/was a bare bones, fresh installation (using the Feb 2018 MSDN imnge of Windows Server 2016.. and I also tried re-installing it, again.. as new installation based on the RTM version of Server 2016 standard) without any 3rd party software. The only 'special' part is that it's running as a Hyper-V virtual machine (with Windows 10 Enterprise N being the host OS).

Answer 1

Go to Language Preference, look for language qaa-Latn, add it and change Keyboard to the German keyboard then save...it will update the registry..afterwards you can delete it and it will disappear

Answer 2

I have no idea how it got there and how I would remove it as it isn't listed anywhere explicitly.

Is there any way to remove this locale?

You have a legacy Keyman keyboard installed. The simplest solution would be to uninstall Keyman and any keyboards you have installed.

The codes qaa-qtz are reserved for local use. They appear in the list at present because they are assigned to legacy custom languages (e.g. fr-ca instead of fr-fr) or non-languages such as IPA. Thanks for pointing them out; they’ll be corrected with an update to the keyboards repository.

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