Cannot uninstall German Language pack

Atanas Gerovski 20 Reputation points
2025-08-26T21:14:13.2166667+00:00

Hello, I bought a laptop from Germany with Windows 11 and I can't remove the German package.

I have added the English and Bulgarian packages but I can't delete the German one. I read all the comments and tried everything but it doesn't work, the German language package is still there.

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Input and language
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  1. Kimberly Olaño 7,580 Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2025-08-27T11:44:47.6266667+00:00

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  1. Kimberly Olaño 7,580 Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2025-08-26T22:44:56.85+00:00

    Hi! Atanas. Let me help you with this.

    Since you mentioned you've tried all they told you but to no avail, please try this advanced method of replacing German and remove it.

    Use PowerShell (Advanced)

    Right-click Start > Windows PowerShell (Admin).

    Run:

    Get-WinUserLanguageList

    → This shows all installed languages (e.g. de-DE, en-US, bg-BG).

    Remove German from the list:

    $LangList = Get-WinUserLanguageList

    $LangList.Remove($LangList | Where-Object LanguageTag -eq "de-DE")

    Set-WinUserLanguageList $LangList -Force

    Reboot and check again.

    Even after removing from your user profile, the system language pack files might remain. To delete them:

    Run in PowerShell (Admin):

    Get-WindowsCapability -Online | Where-Object {$_.Name -like "Language.Basic*"}

    You’ll see entries like:

    Language.Basic~~~de-DE~0.0.1.0 Installed

    Language.Handwriting~~~de-DE~0.0.1.0

    Language.OCR~~~de-DE~0.0.1.0

    To remove them all:

    Get-WindowsCapability -Online | Where-Object {$_.Name -like "de-DE"} | Remove-WindowsCapability -Online

    Restart one last time.

    Best regards,

    Kimberly

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