Cannot remove language in "language preferences" after win10 update

Question

Hi,

After last update in my Surface Pro I cannot remove languages in "Region & Language".

Country or region is: Greece

Windows display language is set to: English (US)

I can add languages but I cannot remove English (UK) or English (Ireland) which i added. The "remove" button is not active as you will see below.

Please advise.

Answer 1

Hi Spiros, there is a known bug in the 1803 version of Windows 10. Microsoft are aware of this issue and hopefully are working on a patch . . .

For the moment, please try this workaround to set your preferred input language:

Right click your Start Button, choose Powershell (admin)

Run this command to get a list of installed languages on your PC

Get-WinUserLanguageList

Note down the LanguageTag of your preferred language

If say, your preferred language is US English, run this command and hit Enter:

$1 = New-WinUserLanguageList en-US

Then run this command to set the order of installed input languages

Set-WinUserLanguageList $1

Close Powershell and restart your PC

Answer 2

You should do following -

Right click on Windows Start > Windows Powershell (Admin)

Copy and paste below and Enter in Powershell

Get-WinUserLanguageList

Now, you will get the languages which are installed. Make a note of language tag of the language which you want to retain. Let's say that this language tag is el-GR. (Note - el-GR is Greek)

Now, Copy and paste below and Enter in Powershell

Set-WinUserLanguageList el-GR

This will make other languages disappear. (In case, you want to add again or other languages, you can add again from language settings)

Source - https://www.tenforums.com/windows-updates-activ...

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Answer 3

Thanks a lot Dave. This worked for me!

Answer 4

Hi Spiros, I am really glad that worked for you, please mark the question as answered, it may help others with the same question . . .

Answer 5

This is a known issue with 1803. See the solution on Superuser.com

https://superuser.com/questions/1092246/how-to-...