How to delete a keyboard layout in Windows 10
To remove a keyboard under Windows 10 is done this way :
Method 1 : Settings
- Select the Start button
- Go to Settings > Time & Language > Region & language
- Under Languages, click your language
- Click Options
- Under Keyboards click your keyboard
- Click Remove
Method 2 : Preloaded
Use regedit to navigate to following registry keys, where you will find there the list of keyboards that are preloaded at boot.
HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Keyboard Layout\Preload
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Keyboard Layout\Preload
HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\International\User Profile
HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\International\User Profile System Backup
Find the keyboard identifier among the list of Keyboard Identifiers
Delete the key.
Edit: This section of the control panel has been removed from newer versions of Windows 10. You need to use the settings app instead.
Open Control Panel
, under the Clock, Language and Region
heading click Change input methods
, you should see your language, click on Options
, in the Input method
section you should see two entries, remove one.
I finally managed to solve this. Go to Settings, Time&Language, Region&Language:
I had German (Deutsch) as the default language, with English US as display language. Then: - Click on English and select Options - Add a Keyboard in your preferred layout (Swedish, German, whaterver) - Then remove the US Keyboard Layout for english language
The language selector (win+space) now shows like: English US - German Layout German - German Layout
It's not a 100% solution but at least it will fix random keyboard layout swaps.