Windows 10: Mysteriously appearing language and keyboard layout

My Windows 10 was originally installed in Czech language, then I had the language changed to English. I now switch between two keyboard layouts: English United States and Slovak QWERTY via ALT+SHIFT. Every few weeks - without any action on my side - the following happens:


- Another keyboard layout appears in the taskbar: Slovak QWERTZ
- Another language appears in the taskbar: Czech


Neither of these two are visible in Language preferences, only in the taskbar. And they become part of the cycle when quick-switching between keyboard layouts via ALT+SHIFT. When I want to remove them, I first need to "install" them in Language preferences so they appear there as well. And only then I can uninstall them in Language preferences. It's really annoying.


Does anyone have a clue what to do? Either to stop this from happening at all, or at least have some script ready for automatically adding and then removing these two items.

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The extra keyboard layout keep adding to my language bar (with Pics)

Hi Panupong,

The updated Windows 10 may have detected your language, the reason why it automatically gave you the other Thai US keyboard. To correct this issue, we suggest that you follow these steps:

• Click on the Start Menu, type in region and language settings and select it.
• Under Languages, select Thai Kedmanee keyboard and click Remove.
• Lastly, add it back by clicking Add a language.

After these steps, your keyboard layout will permanently stay with Thai Kedmanee keyboard.

Let us know if the steps above resolved your issue.

 

Keyboard layout


Hello,
I have Windows 10 with English interface language and German keyboard layout (ENG-DE).
Periodically the ENG-US keyboard is added (The language bar appears again), even if the US layout it is not listed in the language options (???)
At this time I have to add manually the US layout, then remove it, now the language bar disappears again.

Any idea about? Can I prevent the US layout from bein installed?

Thanks, Marco

 

Can't (completely) remove language keyboard layout

Yup, no such luck. My next step will be to temporarily install another language as the system language (like English UK or something), and remove US English as the default language and the keyboard, and everything, and then reboot and install it again and see if that does anything....

But I am betting it won't. And my reason is because when I was inspired to make my own keyboard layout I downloaded one another person had made, whidch was based on English UK keyboard, and it did not work correctly for me so I uninstalled it (and have since improved, I think, upon what he had done,) and I just now realized that that keyboard, which was under English language and keyboard, is still in my list as well. When I had installed it then UK English had become one of the available languages, and I have since removed it from being active and so forht. So, basically I did to UK English what I am propsing to do for US English... and yet that old keyboard layout remains.

There has to be somewhere that Windows keeps references all the different keyboard layouts available for the different language packs installed.... The question is where is that and how to modify it?