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I use my computer in English, just for display, but its keyboard has a Latin American Layout, for which I use the Spanish Latin American version of it. My problem is windows keeps adding English (United States) US keyboard and English (United States) Latin American keyboard, which I never add manually because I don't need them. Why does it happen and how can I prevent it from happening again?
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Firstly, remove any unwanted keyboard layouts.
Make your preferred keyboard is set as default.
Settings > Accounts > Sync your settings > Turn off "Language preferences"
Right-click on the taskbar > Taskbar Settings > Enable Show language bar.
This will help to switch over keyboards.
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No, I have the problem too, and he stated it is changing to ones he does not want. I want Colemak and it keeps changing back to QWERTY even if I delete QWERTY from the list! Then I have to re-add QWERTY, set it, then set Colemak. This bug must be fixed! I never press Windows+Spacebar and it says that is the shortcut key, and the "Ctrl+Shift" which is hard to avoid sometimes keeps triggering it (or something else, I can't tell, because I never do it on purpose) and there is no way to turn it off because the language bar says "Windows+Spacebar" is the hot key, and the old (control panel style window) "language services" window says hotkeys for changing it are Unassigned. It is a bug not a lack of skill. Thank you.
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Hello,
You can check if any third-party software might change your keyboard layout.
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Hi, thanks. I discovered that this behaviour somehow usually happens when there are pending updates, I'm not sure why
If Windows 11 is continually adding random keyboard layouts, you could try disabling Windows Update. Here’s how:
- Open the Settings app (Win + I).
- Navigate to Update & Security, then select Windows Update.
- Click on Advanced options.
- In the "Receive updates for other Microsoft products" section, set the option to "Never check for updates (not recommended)."
