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. 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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  2. Anonymous
    2020-10-14T19:19:05+00:00

    run in PowerShell:

    $LanguageList = Get-WinUserLanguageList

    $LanguageList.Add("qaa-latn")

    Set-WinUserLanguageList $LanguageList -Force

    $LanguageList = Get-WinUserLanguageList

    $Language = $LanguageList | where LanguageTag -eq "qaa-Latn"

    $LanguageList.Remove($Language)

    Set-WinUserLanguageList $LanguageList -Force

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-07-09T09:08:03+00:00

    I have encountered the same issue.

    I have no additional input method installed.

    I had added one type of latin language pack into language list. (add a language >> search "latin")

    after that, I had removed it and the QAA keyboard also disappear from the list.

    You can try that.

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