How to remove the Unknown Locale(qaa-latn) language

Anonymous
2020-02-09T12:01:58+00:00

Hi. After I updated the Windows 10 ,there is a keyboard selection on the keyboard list called Unknown Locale (qaa-latn).I don't know what is that stuff and why is it displayed there. Can anyone tell me what is that and how can I remove it. Thank you.

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Anonymous
2020-07-18T14:31:43+00:00

Hi. After I updated the Windows 10 ,there is a keyboard selectionon the keyboard list called Unknown Locale (qaa-latn).I don't know what is that stuff and why is it displayed there. Can anyone tell me what is that and how can I remove it. Thank you.

Hello,

I used this commands on powershell and it worked. It basically keeps the chosen keyboards, so others (qab-latn, qaa-latn, ...)  should disappear. 

First right-click on powershell and run as administrator, then type:

> Get-WinUserLanguageList

> Set-WinUserLanguageList en-US, fa

> Y

(You don't need to be careful about capitals. choose your needed keyboards, mine were English and Persian)

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  1. DaveM121 933.8K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2020-02-09T13:08:06+00:00

    Hi Vito

    Do you have software names KeyMan installed on your PC, if so, you should uninstall that from your PC . . .

    If you do not have that installed, what is your default keyboard language and do you also have other languages that you use on your PC - Go to Settings - Time and Language - Language, what language(s) are listed there?

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-03-09T15:42:39+00:00

    Same problem without KeyMan.

    Early after updates Windows (cumulative or feather) add another languages. In most cases EN-UK.

    Now this: Qaa-Latn with US keyboard.

    This bug exists possible 10+ years! All my bug reports without any result. Fix it at last. Or make language list editor output real actual list... Currently it work like language chooser and language list editor made by different programmers with different API. Awful result.

    I use 2 languages:

     - English (United States); Default app language; Default input language, Windows display language.

     - Russian

    Region:

     - Country = Latvia

     - Regional format = English (Europe)

    System Locale = Russia

    Any suggestions how to remove qaa-Latn?

    Get-WinUserLanguageList also doesnt output it => can't remove via powershell

    thank you.

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-04-14T09:22:14+00:00

    Run the following in the elevated (run as admin) command prompt and reboot

    lpksetup.exe /u qaa-latn

    Based on https://community.spiceworks.com/how\_to/145378-remove-qaa-from-the-languages-and-any-language

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