New keyboards are being created on their own, help!

Question

Just what the hell is happening?

I am opening programs and new keyboards are being created!
The only keyboards I have set are Greek and US English!
Where the hell are the UK ones coming from???

This is absurd.

Answer 1

Hi Demos Tychalas,

In Windows 11, keyboard layouts can be surfaced from multiple system-level language settings (such as app-specific input methods or system sign-in settings), which may cause extra layouts - like English (United Kingdom) - to appear unexpectedly.

To keep only your intended keyboards, please try these following steps in order:

1, Disable per‑app keyboard switching

• Go to Settings > Time & language > Typing > Advanced keyboard settings
• Turn off Let me use a different input method for each app window

2, Remove unwanted keyboards from language options

• Go to Settings > Time & language > Language & region
• For each listed language, select Language options
• Remove any UK keyboard layouts, leaving only:
  • Greek > Greek
  • English (United States) > US

3, Check Microsoft Office language settings (if installed)

• Open Word or Excel > File > Options > Language
• Under Editing languages, remove English (United Kingdom) if present

4, Apply your settings system‑wide

• Open Control Panel > Region > Administrative > Copy settings
• Ensure English (United States) is selected for the current user
• Check Welcome screen and system accounts and New user accounts, then restart

Let me know if you need further assistance, feel free to ask me by clicking "Add Comment" or "Add Answer" if you cannot add comment so your response will be visible. Thanks for your effort.

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Answer 2

Hi, good day!

Press Windows key+X then select Windows Terminal (Admin)

Copy and paste the command below then hit Enter:

$UserLanguage = New-WinUserLanguageList en-US

After that, copy and paste the command below then hit Enter:

Set-WinUserLanguageList $UserLanguage

Press Y then Exit PowerShell

Restart your computer

After restart, English (United States) will be the only language under Preferred Languages. Kindly add Greek language again.

I look forward to receiving your update and I'm willing to collaborate with you till we resolve the issue. Do keep me informed by clicking "Add comment" below.

Answer 3

Windows 11 can show additional keyboard layouts (like English – United Kingdom) even when only certain languages were explicitly added. This can happen due to:

• Preinstalled or system languages that include their own default keyboard (for example, English (United Kingdom) with the UK layout).
• Updates that reapply or repair language packs and re-add their associated keyboards.

In similar cases, the extra UK layout in the language bar could not be removed manually and was eventually corrected by a Windows 11 update.

If the UK keyboard keeps reappearing after being removed from Settings, the behavior is likely due to a Windows 11 bug tied to language packs and should be resolved by installing the latest Windows updates and rebooting. Once the fix is applied, only the configured keyboards (for example, Greek and US English) should remain in the language bar.

If the issue persists even after fully updating, it is recommended to wait for subsequent cumulative updates, as this has previously been resolved “on its own” by an update fix.

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References:

• Cannot remove UK input language from language bar. But UK english do not appear in languages - Microsoft Q&A
• Windows keyboard layouts
• Hardware and software keyboards
• United Kingdom Keyboard
• United Kingdom Extended Keyboard