How to get rid of English (United States) US keyboard?

healee 31 Reputation points
2020-07-28T03:29:23.36+00:00

I have keyboard set to English (Australia) US keyboard. When English (United States) US keyboard is selected there is no “remove” option available as on Windows 7 system.

Moreover the language bar is always available at the bottom corner though I have set it to be hidden. How can I prevent it to show up there?

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  1. Brisbane 81 Reputation points
    2021-04-01T07:57:43.387+00:00

    This may sound weird but worked for me:

    Settings -> Language (no en-US is shown )

    Add a language, choose English (United States). Then remove English (United States) after it's shown.

    No more English (United States)

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  2. Kapil Arya 7,676 Reputation points MVP
    2020-07-29T06:24:25.403+00:00

    Hello,

    Try to set English (Australia) as preferred language and see if you can remove English (United States) keyboard layout then:

    Open administrative Windows PowerShell

    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 Windows PowerShell.

    Hope this helps!

    4 people found this answer helpful.
  3. Jenny Feng 14,081 Reputation points
    2020-07-29T02:14:14.88+00:00

    Hi,

    To fix this issue, delete the Preload registry folder and sign out or restart the computer:
    HKEY_USERS.DEFAULT\Keyboard Layout\Preload

    Note: Make sure that you back up the registry before you modify it.

    While the fix itself works through restarts, at time of writing there's things that bring back that pesky folder, whenever the problem comes back, that registry folder needs to be deleted again.

    In addition, here are some posts with the similar issue with yours, just for your reference, you can try the method mentioned in them:
    https://superuser.com/questions/1092246/how-to-prevent-windows-10-from-automatically-adding-keyboard-layouts-i-e-us-ke#:~:text=Go%20to%20to%20Region%20and,keyboard%20and%20you're%20done.
    Please note: Information posted in the given link is hosted by a third party. Microsoft does not guarantee the accuracy and effectiveness of information.

    Hope above information can help you.

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  4. Mohamed Mohamed Attia Hasanein 26 Reputation points
    2022-07-20T15:46:36.703+00:00

    That's a great issue .
    Thanks a lot for your efforts .

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