How to Change Keyboard Layout in Windows 10

There may arise some situations where your software may change the way your keyboard functions or some third-party apps might add some shortcuts and hotkeys in the background. If you do not intend to use them and want to go back to the default settings you need to reset your keyboard to default settings. In case, you wish to add and change keyboard layout on your Windows 10 PC, you can read about it as well below.

How to change Keyboard Layout in Windows 10

How to Add and Change Keyboard Layout in Windows 10

Before making any changes to keyboard settings on your Windows 10,

  • Make sure that your device drivers are updated to the newest available version online and
  • Ensure that the wires or physical connections are proper.

Option 1: Add a Keyboard Layout

In most cases, it’s alright to employ the default keyboard layout in Windows 10 as it can easily fix the incorrect keyboard settings. So to change the keyboard layout in Windows 10, you will need to add more than one language pack, as follows:

1. Click on the Start Menu from the bottom left corner.

2. There you can see the ‘Settings’, click on it.

From Start Menu click on the Settings icon | How to change Keyboard Layout in Windows 10

3. Then click on “Time & language” option from the Settings window.

Press Windows Key + I to open Settings then click on Time & language

4. From the left-hand menu, select “Region & language”.

Select Region & language then under Languages click Add a language

5. Here, under the language setting, you need to click on Add a Language button.

6. You can search the language that you want to use in the search box. You need to make sure that you type the language in the search box and choose what you want to install in your system.

7. Select the language and click “Next”.

Select the language and click Next

8. You will get an additional feature option to install, such as Speech & Handwriting. Click on the Install option.

9. Now select the desired language then click on the “Options” button.

Now select the desired language then click on the Options button

10. Then, click on “Add a keyboard” option.

Click on “Add a keyboard” option | How to change Keyboard Layout in Windows 10

8. Finally, you have to choose the keyboard you wish to add.

Choose the keyboard you wish to add

Option 2: Change Keyboard layout

Look at how to modify the keyboard layout in Windows 10.

1. Press & hold Windows keys then press the spacebar and select the Keyboard layout after a few seconds.

Press & hold Windows keys then after few seconds press the spacebar and select the Keyboard layout.

2. On the other hand, you can click on the icon next to the keyboard icon or Date/time on your system tray.

3. From there, choose the keyboard layout you want.

Click on the icon next to keyboard icon then select the layout you want

4. If you are using the ‘on-screen keyboard’, you have to click the bottom-right button & select the desired language.

For On-screen keyboard click the bottom-right button & select the desired language

From the above point number 2, if you press the spacebar several times, it will toggle throughout the list of all available keyboard layouts of your system. The selected layout of the keyboard you are switching is selected and will remain highlighted.

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I hope the above steps were helpful and now you can easily Change Keyboard Layout in Windows 10, but if you still have any questions regarding this tutorial then feel free to ask them in the comments section.

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