OS X 10.9: Deleting Keyboard Input Sources
This is really similar to: How to remove or disable a default keyboard layout? However, I am new here and have no ability to comment or make remarks towards this to voice further problems.
In OS X 10.9, I need to remove input sources in System Preferences > Language and Region > Keyboard Preferences > Input Source.
To be clear, I want these gone completely; if I were to click the add button then I want there to be nothing but the basic English layout available.
**Edit: The solution can be as dangerous as editing near-/root-level files in the OS as long as there's a possible solutions
If no possible solution can be found can anyone recommend third-party software or a way to lock system preferences?**
If others got here searching for how to disable all input sources except a custom keyboard layout, you can edit the com.apple.HIToolbox
plist:
- Change the current input source to your custom keyboard layout.
- Open
~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.HIToolbox.plist
(in 10.9) or~/Library/Preferences/ByHost/com.apple.HIToolbox.*.plist
(in 10.8 and earlier). You can convert the plist to XML withplutil -convert xml1
. - Remove the input source or input sources you want to disable from the
AppleEnabledInputSources
dictionary. If there is anAppleDefaultAsciiInputSource
key, remove it. - Restart.