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To remove a keyboard under Windows 10 is done this way :

Method 1 : Settings

  1. Select the Start button
  2. Go to Settings > Time & Language > Region & language
  3. Under Languages, click your language image1
  4. Click Options
  5. Under Keyboards click your keyboard
  6. Click Remove image2

Method 2 : Preloaded

  1. Use regedit to navigate to following registry keys, where you will find there the list of keyboards that are preloaded at boot.
  • HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Keyboard Layout\Preload
  • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Keyboard Layout\Preload
  • HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\International\User Profile
  • HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\International\User Profile System Backup
  1. Find the keyboard identifier among the list of Keyboard Identifiers
  2. Delete the key.
$LangList = Get-WinUserLanguageList
$MarkedLang = $LangList | where LanguageTag -eq "<languagecode>"
$LangList.Remove($MarkedLang)