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Brass Contributor

Aug 01, 2021

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

Hello Internet, If you're reading this message, it means I have given up or I am close to giving up on this Windows problem. I have a recently installed Windows 10 (build 19043.1110) here on my P...

Spigolo
Aug 02, 2021
I'm very sorry SamirGunic but I have no more ideas.
Such setting must be hidden somewhere but not in the usual places.
Clean install or live with this annoyance.

SamirGunic

Brass Contributor

Aug 02, 2021

Thanks for helping out Spigolo! You had some interesting ideas. Especially the last idea was very interesting, to see how oddly Windows behaves when you changes those settings. I might pick up where we left off at a later time. But for now, I will give this a rest and live with it. If I had not reinstalled most of my apps already, I would create a new user profile and move over and use that profile instead. But for now at least, I am stuck with this one. Thanks again!

luongvm183

Copper Contributor

Oct 28, 2021

Sorry for ressurecting this, but I just reinstall my windows 11 and got hit with a default "English (UnitedKingdom)" keyboard. I was able to resolve this by adding the exact language and the exact keyboard layout and then remove the keyboard layout. You might have to add another keyboard layout to the list just so you can remove the target keyboard layout. I also did copy the language setting to my welcome screen and new user screen. Hope that help somebody.

maximis
Copper Contributor
Nov 08, 2023
luongvm183
It worked for me (to add and remove language)! Thanks so much! 🙂 (Though i didn't reinstall windows)
P.S.: (actually before i tried this solution, i tried previous ones that didn't work for me - removed from registery all the UN and English_UK etc...)
BobFTW
Copper Contributor
Sep 02, 2022
luongvm183 THANK YOU SO MUCH! This was the most easiest fix compared to everything else and it worked perfectly. I'm on windows 11 and had the same problem. Just add the exact same language and then the same keyboard layout inside that language. Then remove the above keyboard layout so it perfectly matches the one you want to get rid of. As soon as I checked, the languages/keyboard layouts "merged" together and I was left with a single one, which I then promptly deleted!

Thanks again! Hopefully this helps more people 🙂