Manage the input and display language settings in Windows 10

To manage all aspects of the input and display language settings on your Windows 10 device, use the following methods.

To switch the keyboard layout you’re using in Windows 10, press and hold the Windows key and then repeatedly press the Spacebar to cycle through all your installed keyboards. (If this doesn’t do anything, it means you have only one installed.)

You can also select the language abbreviation on the far right of the taskbar and then choose the language or input method you want to use.

Note: In the input field, press Windows +period (.) to access the emoji keyboard, if your language supports this.

If you can’t find the keyboard layout you want, you may have to add a new keyboard.

Adding an input language lets you set a language-preference order for websites and apps, as well as change your keyboard language.

Select the Start button, then select Settings > Time & Language > Language.

Under Preferred languages, select the language that contains the keyboard you want, and then select Options.

Select Add a keyboard and choose the keyboard you want to add. If you don’t see the keyboard you want, you may have to add a new language to get additional options. If this is the case, go on to step 4.

Return to the Language settings page, and select Add a language.

Choose the language you want to use from the list, and then select Next.

Review any language features you want to set up or install, and select Install.

The display language you select changes the default language used by Windows features like Settings and File Explorer.

Select the Start button, then select Settings > Time & Language > Language.

Choose a language from the Windows display language menu.

If a language is listed under Preferred languages but doesn’t appear on the Windows display language list, you’ll first need to install its language pack (if it’s available).

Select the Start button, then select Settings > Time & Language > Language.

Choose a language from the Add a language list under Preferred languages, and then select Options.

Select Download from the Download language pack option.

After the language pack is installed, select Back .

Choose a language from the Windows display language menu.

If you receive an «Only one language pack allowed» or «Your Windows license supports only one display language» message, you have a single language edition of Windows 10. Here’s how to check your Windows 10 language edition:

Select the Start button, select Settings > About, and then scroll down to the Windows specification section.

If you see Windows 10 Home Single Language next to Edition, you have a single language edition of Window 10, and you can’t add a new language unless you purchase an upgrade to either Windows 10 Home or Windows 10 Pro.

Select the Start button, then select Settings > Time & Language > Language.

Under Preferred languages, select the language you want to remove, and then click Remove.

To remove an individual keyboard, select the language in question (see step 2), select Options, scroll down to the Keyboards section, select the keyboard you want to remove, and click Remove.

Windows 10 keyboard tips and tricks

Whether it’s being productive, staying in touch, or just plain having fun, Windows 10 has lots of little tricks and shortcuts that can help you achieve more. Here are a just a few of them:

Smile and the world smiles with you

Emojis aren’t just for your phone anymore! The new emoji keyboard in Windows 10 lets you express yourself like never before. To use it:

During text entry, type Windows logo key + . (period). The emoji keyboard will appear.

Select an emoji with the mouse, or keep typing to search through the available emojis for one you like.

Type all the symbols like a pro

Sometimes you need to type a character that isn’t on your keyboard, like an em-dash (—) or the copyright symbol (©). If you have a numeric keypad on your keyboard, you don’t have to find one and copy and paste, you can just do it! Here’s how:

Hold down the Alt key on your keyboard.

With the Alt key held down, type the four-digit code on the numeric keypad for the character you want. (Include the leading 0 if that’s required.)

Note: This only works on the numeric keypad. This won’t work on the row of numbers at the top of the keyboard.

Release the Alt key.

Here’s just a few of the characters you can type with the Alt key:

Windows 10: How to Change or Add Keyboard Language

Problem

• How to change or add new keyboard language in Windows 10?

Solution

• 1. Open the Settings Charm with the shortcut Windows Key+ I

• 2. Click/tap Change PC settings.

• 3. Click/tap on the Time and Language.

• 4. Click/tap on the Region and language.

• 5. Under «Languages» click/tap on the Add languages. (See picture below)

• 6.Choose your languages, for instance German.(See picture below)

• 7. Now you have two languages on your Keyboard English and German.(See picture below)

• 8. To make new language the main language tap the new language and tap on «Set as primary».(See picture below)

• 9. When finished, you can close PC settings if you like.

• 10. To switch between keyboard languages use the shortcut Shift + Alt

Windows 10 switches keyboard language on its own [QUICK GUIDE]

• If Windows 10 switches the keyboard language automatically it can be extremely annoying and counterproductive.
• First, you should set a different input method and make a keyboard layout as default.
• If the keyboard language keeps changing choose only one input language and keyboard layout.
• You may disable language switching in Windows 10 by changing the registry settings.

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Many users reported that Windows 10 changes keyboard language on its own. If you’re experiencing the same problem, read this guide to learn why it occurs and how you can quickly fix it.

Here’s an example to better understand this problem:

If you work on an English version of Windows, but you get Korean as a working language, your input language is set to Korean by default.

Sometimes, Windows will change this setting automatically when you switch between apps, thus a different keyboard layout too. So the keyboard layout changed suddenly in Windows 10.

This affects all Windows versions regardless, and consequently, all apps running under Windows – including Sign In and MS Office.

Why this happens is because the Input Language can be programmed to be maintained per app or per window through an API that changes the input locale to a different or defaults keyboard layout is enabled for the user.

Some apps like Office try to decipher the language you use when typing a document, email, or presentation and change the input language accordingly (including keyboard layout).

Check out some solutions below to disable the keyboard language switch in Windows 10.

How do I disable keyboard language switch in Windows 10?

1. Preliminary fixes
2. Set a different input method
3. Make the keyboard layout as default
4. Choose only one input language and keyboard layout
5. Disable keyboard actions
6. Use Registry Editor to disable the keyboard layout toggle hotkeys
7. Change the region settings
8. Change registry settings through policy or login script

1. Preliminary fixes

1. Press CTRL+SHIFT to switch to another language.
2. Change the default language to one of the others you get, and reboot your computer, then change it back to the language you want to use and reboot again.
3. Remove all other languages so that you’re left with only the one you want Windows to load with – the system language.
4. Open that language and check the input method, then you can remove the one you don’t want and keep what you want (The default language will not switch back when using certain programs, but you can switch between them without problems).
5. Avoid clicking SHIFT+ALT while using your computer as this creates a hotkey and can cause the Windows 10 switches keyboard language on its own error.
6. Watch the language questions carefully when you install Windows 10 initially.

2. Set a different input method

1. Type control panel in the Search box and select the app from results.
2. Select Clock, language and region.
   
3. Click on Advanced settings.
4. Under the Switching input methods section, put a checkmark for Let me set a different input method for each app windows.
5. Click on Save and see if the problem persists.

3. Make the keyboard layout as default

1. Click Start and select Settings.
2. Choose Change PC settings.
3. Click on Time and language, then select Region and Language.
4. Select the language that you want to see Windows in.
5. Click Set as primary. The Will be display language after next sign-in message will appear under the language.
6. Click Set as primary to move the language to the top. If it can become your Windows display language, the Will be display language after next sign-in will appear under the language.
7. Sign out and then sign back in.

Note: When you change your primary language, your keyboard layout may change. When signing back into Windows, use the right keyboard layout for entering your password. Otherwise, you might not sign in.

You can also change your keyboard layout on the sign-in screen by clicking the language abbreviation button.

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4. Choose only one input language and keyboard layout

1. Click Start and choose Settings.
2. Click Time and Language.
   
   
3. Go to Region and Language and select Advanced Keyboard settings.
   
4. Under Override for different input methods, select from the drop-down menu the language you want to use.
   
5. Close the window.

5. Disable keyboard actions

1. Click Start and select Control Panel.
2. Click Clock, Language, and Region.
3. Select Language and click on Advanced Settings.
   
4. Click on Switching input methods and select Change language bar hotkeys.
5. Select the Change key sequence.
   
   
6. Click Switch keyboard layout.
7. Click Not Assigned.

By default, pressing CTRL+SHIFT or ALT+SHIFT will cycle through any keyboard layouts you may have mapped and it is possible to do this by mistake.

If you keep pressing any of these combinations, you can go back to the correct setting.

6. Use Registry Editor to disable the keyboard layout toggle hotkeys

1. Right-click Start and select Run.
   
   
2. Type regedit.
3. Navigate to the following path: HKCU\Keyboard LayoutToggle” /v “Layout Hotkey” /d 3

You might also want to use:

reg add «HKCU\Keyboard LayoutToggle» /v «Language Hotkey» /d 3reg add «HKCU\Keyboard LayoutToggle» /v «Hotkey» /d 3

And for new users, try this (in an elevated Command prompt):

reg load HKEY_USER\Stemp «%USERPROFILE%..DefaultNTUSER.DAT»reg add «HKEY_USERStempKeyboard LayoutToggle» /v «Layout Hotkey» /d 3reg unload HKEY_USERStemp

If you can’t access the Registry Editor, don’t panic because we’ve got a perfectly good guide on fixing this issue.

7. Change the region settings

1. Go to Control Panel.
2. Click on Clock, Language, and Region.
3. Select Region.
   
4. Click on the Location
5. Under Home location, select Japan so that it won’t add any English keyboard layout.
6. Click Apply, and then OK.
7. Restart your computer.

8. Change registry settings through policy or login script

1. Right-click Start and select Run.
2. Type regedit and press Enter.
3. Find this key to disable auto-detect keyboard layout: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Keyboard Layout]
   “IgnoreRemoteKeyboardLayout”=dword:00000001
4. To hide the language bar, use this key: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\CTF\LangBar]
   “ShowStatus”=dword:00000003
   
   
5. Exit registry editor once you’re done

If you can’t edit your registry, follow the steps in this dedicated guide and learn how you can do it like a pro.

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