How do I remove "English (United Kingdom)"?

a316323
Copper Contributor
Sep 29, 2022
Navigate Settings inside the Start Menu
打开 开始菜单, 找到设置并点击进入

Click on Time & Languages
点击 时间和语言

Click the Language in the list on the left-listed list
点击左侧列表里的语言

Click the Add a language
点击 添加语言

Please search United Kingdom in the search bar
搜索栏 里搜索英国或是 United Kingdom

Be sure to uncheck all the features in the pop window, and then click on the Next botton
要把弹窗里的所有的功能全都 取消勾选, 随后点击 下一步 按钮

You should be seeing the English(United Kingdom) at the Preferred languages list, finally by now, just go ahead and click on it then press the Remove botton
终于啊, 读者应该可以在 首选语言 中看到 英语(英国), 快点击下面的删除按钮吧

You should be good to go at this point
这样大概就大功告成了吧
Try do not wiggle any of your little smarts games on the next new fresh install of Windows OS for the next time 🙂
下次重新安装Windows系统的时候可别再抖什么机灵了啊 🙄
Spigolo
- nefis295
  Copper Contributor
  Mar 10, 2023
  This is the only way worked for me.
SamirGunic
Brass Contributor
Aug 02, 2021
Oh no... not the registry... I'm allergic to everything related to Windows registry. As soon as I see mentions of RegEdit and these long registry key names including "CurrentControlSet", I know trouble is awaiting around the corner! LOL 😂

A corrupted Windows registry is in fact the reason I had to reinstall Windows 10 on this PC. I had not reinstalled Windows on this PC since 2018, and so I finally did it a few days ago. I had not reinstalled Windows for little over 3 years, something of a personal record for me. I posted about this issue earlier. Basically, what happened was Windows Update installed KB5001391 which sent my PC on a BSOD/GSOD roller-coaster, causing sudden power loss, corrupted and auto-"repaired" Windows registry, resulting in a state of "No Audio Output device is installed" which I could not recover from despite my best efforts. I did recover form it using System Restore points two or three times, but Windows Update kept installing KB5001391 repeatedly like a vicious idiot, and kept breaking my Windows installation repeatedly and on purpose, up to the point where I could no longer recover and I lost the good restore point along the way. Thankfully, Microsoft stopped pushing out KB5001391 after people started complaining, myself included, but it was already too late for me. The registry was corrupted beyond repair, so I had to reinstall Windows altogether to get the audio problem sorted out.

I am probably not alone to feel this way about the Windows registry. It's one of the absolutely worst parts of Windows that no one talks about or pays any attention to, or seeks improvement or replacement of in the Feedback Hub app (or any other open forum). A very large portion of Windows issues over the past 20 years has been caused by the Windows registry alone. If you run into a registry issue, you're almost guaranteed to need to reinstall Windows to sort it out, unless you have system image backup. That's why Microsoft has built in so many different recovery mechanisms over the years for rebuilding and repairing registry issues, including System Restore and RegBack (which is officially disabled and deprecated as of Windows 10 version 1803).

In any case, I will have a look at your suggestion Spigolo. I am not able to test it at the moment, but I will test it and report back as soon as I can. Thanks in advance!
- Spigolo
  Iron Contributor
  Aug 02, 2021
  SamirGunic
  
  If you prefer good ole command prompt, I have you covered 🙂
  From an elevated Prompt type these two commands:
  
  reg export HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\ContentIndex\Language %userprofile%\desktop\language.reg
  
  reg delete HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\ContentIndex\Language\English_UK
  
  To restore:
  
  reg import %userprofile%\desktop\language.reg
  - SamirGunic
    Brass Contributor
    Aug 02, 2021
    Unfortunately this was not good enough for Windows. I have removed "English_UK" and rebooted.
    I also checked the first (001) control set hive where control parameters are stored.
    
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\ContentIndex\Language
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\ContentIndex\Language
    
    In both of these locations, I only have "English_US" and "Neutral". The "English_UK" key has been removed with success. But I still have "English (United Kingdom)" in system tray as a language option.
    
    I have restored (imported) the Reg file I exported previously (all of ContentIndex). I then tried to do a German switcheroo by adding German language to the mix so I can kick out "English (United Kingdom)". That didn't work, as you can see by the screenshots below.
    
    This is hopeless... I'm not reinstalling Windows again.

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