Delete a keyboard layout in Windows 11
May 8
For some reason, I have an Icelandic keyboard installed (probably due to a misclick in Windows setup):
However, Icelandic is not in the list of my languages:
Why the disparity, and more importantly, how do I remove it? Unlike the previous versions of Windows, keyboard layouts are now sorted under their respective languages... With no Icelandic language, I have no access to the Icelandic keyboard layout settings.
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Accepted answer · original discussion
May 8
Adding Icelandic to your languages should allow you to remove it again.
Internally, keyboard layout configuration is still stored in the same place in the Registry as before and doesn't really have a relationship with the Windows language list.
Open regedit and navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Keyboard Layout\Preload, then delete the languages you don't need – the language identifier for English is 0409, Icelandic is 040f, Japanese is 0411 (related list). See also these instructions.
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