Phantom Keyboard Layouts

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Phantom Keyboard Layouts

Soroush Khoubyarian 20

Hello.

My system has two extra keyboard layouts that cannot be deleted from the Windows settings. I believe this is a bug.

The layouts can be found in the image below. I expect only one English keyboard layout (US), and one Persian keyboard layout. However, I see three English keyboard layouts and one Persian keyboard layout (so two extra English layouts).

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I have configured two input languages under Settings > Time & Language > Language & region, under the language section.

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Under the language options for English (Canada), I have only 1 layout.

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There is no way for me to delete the UK and Canada English keyboard layouts.

Please let me know how I can resolve this problem. I have had only 1 extra keyboard layout for about a year. I noticed that the UK layout was added just recently.

Thanks.

Soroush Khoubyarian 20 Reputation points

2025-08-16T20:47:08.26+00:00

Solution: Following the comment by DaveM121.

Alternatively, install the language for the keyboard layout, and then uninstall it.

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Soroush Khoubyarian 20 Reputation points

2025-08-16T20:47:08.26+00:00

Solution: Following the comment by DaveM121.

Alternatively, install the language for the keyboard layout, and then uninstall it.

Answer 1

DaveM121 764.9K Independent Advisor

Open the old Control Panel

At the top of Control Panel, set View to Icons

Select Region

Select the Administrative Tab on the resulting dialog

Click Change System Locale in the 'Language for non-Unicode Programs' section

Set the language in the drop down to the same as the System location/Language.

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Open the Settings App, then go to Time & language - Language & region

Scroll down and select Administrative language settings

On the Administrative tab click the Copy settings button

Enable 'Welcome screen and system accounts' and also New user accounts

Save that setting.

Restart (not shut down) the PC

Soroush Khoubyarian 20 Reputation points

2025-08-16T01:52:34.5333333+00:00

Thanks for your response. It seems to have removed the UK keyboard layout.

This is less annoying than before, since at least the keyboard keys for both English layouts are identical. However, I can't remove the English (United States) layout.

Answer 2

DaveM121 764.9K Independent Advisor

If the English US keyboard remains after performing those steps, try installing that keyboard manually, restart your PC, then uninstall that language.

Soroush Khoubyarian 20 Reputation points

2025-08-16T20:46:24.08+00:00

Thanks, this worked. I installed English (United States), and then uninstalled it without restarting the computer. I had tried doing this, but it did not work the first time I tried (before following your first comment).

Thanks for the help!

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