Remove a language from the language bar in WIndows 10
In the language bar I have a "Dutch" language that I don't need and never use, hence I want to remove it. Here's a pictures of the language bar with the Dutch option:
The first thing I've tried is going to Control Panel > Time & Language > Region & Language and looking for any Dutch languages installed, but there are none installed:
Next, I went to Control Panel\Clock, Language, and Region\Language to see if there are any Dutch languages installed, but still no luck:
The only Dutch program I have installed is an Microsoft Office Dutch Language Pack. Does that have to do with it? Is there any possible way to remove this language from the language bar? Thanks.
Edit: when I click on settings
I also see just one language:
To solve the language keep adding itself issue follow these steps:
- go to Control Panel -> Language
- from the sidebar select "Change date, time, or number formats"
- select "Administrative" tab.
- in the "Welcome screen and new user accounts" box click "Copy settings.." button
- Check the two boxes under "Copy your current settings to"
- the windows will ask you to restart the computer then you finish :)
the original answer from Microsoft Community
I found an answer that solved the problem for me.
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/desktop/my-keyboard-layout-is-switching-automatically-by/98eda57a-c225-45b2-a233-42f21fadb0cd
The only step I did was to go to the registry, to HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Nls\Language\Defaultand change the REG_SZ value to the language I wanted.
here is a list of all the language codes
I had a similar problem in a swiss environment. My language settings listed only two languages: swiss german and russian, which I also wanted to have. But the language box in the task panel listed 4 languages: swiss german, standard german, swiss french and russian.
I have found the solution for me in a pretty old posting blogspot post: http://botsikas.blogspot.com/2010/02/unwanted-languages-in-language-bar.html
What I basically needed to do is to remove unwanted languages from Microsoft Office Language Settings.