Cant unistall a language on windows 10

ravioliraviloli

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Honestly,I have had the worst experience with windows 10.

I have spanish and us language but I cant uninstall the US one since it doesnt appear in the language bar in which you are supposed to delete them
 

therealduckofdeath

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You probably installed Windows with US English as the default language. There are a couple settings you have to change to Spanish before the English Language Pack can be removed.

On the Region & Language control panel you'll both have to set Spanish as the default and under the option "Related Settings" you have to make sure the language setting for non-Unicode programs is also changed: https://www.digitalcitizen.life/sites/default/files/gdrive/non_unicode_language/non_unicode_3.jpg
 

ravioliraviloli

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Weird, since my windows has always been on spanish, and months ago the US keyboard language popped up for no reason. Anyways, how do I get there?
 

therealduckofdeath

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Search for "region" in the start menu and click the one showing up (Region & Language).
If your Windows locale is already in Spanish, my Spanish knowledge is a bit limited on how to get to them, especially the second setting. It should be on the middle of the Region and Language panel.

Now that I think of it, there is actually an annoying "feature" in Windows that automagically adds languages based on how you use your PC. Which language apps you use and such. Those settings are only accessible on the old-school full control panel, under that one's Language settings. To open the old-school full control panel, search for Control Panel in the start menu and then click "Clock, Language and Region" and then click "Language". On the Language panel, click even deeper on the Advanced option on the left hand column.

I do experience something similar to your problem from time to time, because Windows apparently thinks my Irish keyboard isn't American enough, so it sometimes adds US-EN as an option. That feature is supposedly the one called "Let me set a different input method for each app windows", on that Advanced page on the Language control panel. For clarification, this is still that full Language control panel and not the Windows 10 styled Language & Region panel. For additional clarification, this particular setting seems to be extremely hit or miss. I get the feeling there's an even deeper hidden dynamic setting for keyboard options because I still get the occasional dynamically added keyboard option on my PC. I haven't bothered searching for that myself, as that would probably be hidden somewhere in the Windows Registry. :p
 

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The things I suggest you check are:
Make sure the option Let me set a different input method for each app window is unchecked, on the Advanced section on the Language control panel.

On the Region pop-up panel, get there by clicking Change date, time or number formats on the Language control panel, go to the third and last tab call Administrative and remove any language you don't want on your PC under Change system locale.