Windows 11 language bar "docked in the taskbar" greyed out

It will work IF, you have installed a 2nd keyboard, then check/uncheck does affect the display of language bar.

Under Time and Language, Language and Region, click the 3 dots, ... Language options, installed keyboards - and ensure you have added a keyboard for each language installed

This solved issue for me. Thank you so much! <3

My answer is not directly related to the main topic. As detailed later, for some unknow reason my language bar went missing and it was around the same time I changed from the "docked in the taskbar" option to "hidden".

Afterwards I had the following issue:

With disabling the "Use the desktop language bar when it's available" option on "Time & language / Language & region / Typing / Advance keyboard settings" the language bar is only shown on the taskbar when one of the languages has multiple keyboard layout selected. (At that point of time I just looked my first language in the list)

Just for clarification:

• under the "Preferred language" at "Time & language / Language & region" you may have multiple languages.
• for each language here, by selecting the ". . . Language" options, you may have multiple keyboards (added by using the [Add keyboard] button at the "Install keyboards - For language- specific key layout and input options" section).

Usually there is one key sequence to switch "input language" and one to switch "keyboard layout" now days we can circle around with Win-Space too.

On one PC1 it looks like this:

Edition Windows 11 Pro

Version 23H2

OS build 22631.2861

Experience Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.22681.1000.0

On PC2 it looks like this:

Edition Windows 11 Pro

Version 23H2

OS build 22631.2861

Experience Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.22681.1000.0

I usually it looks like PC2 and that is my preference since I often write on different language, and selecting the correct language, usually gives the correct spelling setting example in PowerPoint the proofing language is assigned based on the "Input language". I know some programmers prefer the English keyboard layout for programming.

Solution for me was:

It turned out, for some unknow reasons (not only the language bar but also) the keyboard layouts from other languages went missing. By adding them back it restored my original setup. For example, under the German and Hungarian language there was no keyboard layout visible.

With disabling the "Use the desktop language bar when it's available" option on "Time & language / Language & region / Typing / Advance keyboard settings" the language bar is shown again.

It will work IF, you have installed a 2nd keyboard, then check/uncheck does affect the display of language bar.

Under Time and Language, Language and Region, click the 3 dots, ... Language options, installed keyboards - and ensure you have added a keyboard for each language installed.

No. New local account is the same.

On another PC, the bar is docked. but the option is also greyed out. So if I ever choose a different option, there is no way back.