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Windows 11 keep adding keyboard layouts

Anonymous
2023-03-22T15:48:21+00:00

Hi all,

having a two weeks old W11 installation, I noticed that keyboard layouts are being added. Apologies for Czech in screen, but it's for kids..

Settings> Time & language> Language & region, click on the ... for language and "Language options".

The bottom section is for keyboard. As you can see, I set up 2 layouts. However, in Language Bar I have 4 keyboard layouts. The 2nd from the top, "Čeština české" is the layout used in the set up.

The last week I was able to remove unwanted layouts using registry (see https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/remove-extra-keyboard-layouts-in-windows-11/0c7c1507-734b-4583-85f2-96a48608549b) , but today the 4 of them are back.

Does anyone have any idea why this happening and more importantly, how to make sure I keep only layouts I choose?

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-01-13T23:46:02+00:00

    I don't know if it will work for everybody, but after you set all the languages you want in the Lang & region,

    • go to Settings > Time & Language > Language & Region > Administrative language setting

    After you click on the on the Administrative language setting, it should open a new window,

    • On the new window, in the "Welcome screen and new user accounts" section, click on "Copy settings..."
    • make sure the setting in Current user box is the one you wanted, then just click on the 2 tick boxes below (Welcome screen and system accounts, New user accounts) then hit ok.

    After all those steps I did this just as an extra precaution.

    • go to Settings > Accounts > Windows backup
    • click on the "Remember my preference" (expand the thing, not disable it entirely)
    • Turn "Language preferencees and dictionary" off

    Then restart your PC. Every unwanted language should disappear. Sorry for the lack of images. This thing seems not to want to accept my screenshot :P

    edit 1 : reformat

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-10-23T18:10:27+00:00

    Microsoft, please do something. This is causing me to lose at least 10 minutes of work each day.

    There is no reason in the world why anyone ever existed that would like his installed keyboard to be automatically replaced by any other keyboards. Nobody in the history of PC would want that. What we want, is the keyboard layout we installed stay there.

    I tried deleting the preload key in the registry, I try adding a language pack to then be able to delete the keyboard (because of course, it was not in the list of my ONLY language module installed, even if it was there), and, it comes back after a reboot.

    I'm really pissed

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-09-15T07:58:27+00:00

    them same with me, microsoft isnt able to do the most basics stuff right. i never installed any keyboard layouts und suddenly, they are here. those cause problems with my main programm (CAD) and some of the shortcuts dont work anymore. first i could delete those additional layouts, but now they dont appear in the list of the settings (only in the taskbar). what poor work. i lost 5 hours time and now help, no solution. what bloody **** mess! you ms-guys should pay for that.

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-04-26T11:16:23+00:00

    This happens when you play certain games on the PC and the layouts get reset on reboot. Namely games made in the Source engine and Halo's Slipspace engine. I find it to be a really annoying bug and am yet to find a solution.

    EDIT:

    I found a work around but it's a bad solution if you use multiple keyboard layouts:

    1. Go to settings > Time & Language > Typing > Advanced keyboard settings
    2. Check "Use the desktop language bar when it is available"
    3. Now click the text under it that says "Language bar options"
    4. In the new window make sure you're on the Language Bar tab
    5. Under "Language Bar" select hidden

    That's it. It doesn't fix it but at least it hides the layouts from your taskbar.

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  5. Anonymous
    2023-11-21T12:28:02+00:00

    I have the same problem since long time ago and sometimes they are disappearing after restarting OS but now they are all duplicated UK English keyboard United States English keyboard so weird and superrrr annoying!!!!
    Microsoft fix that it is with high priority!

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