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 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.
3. Then click on “Time & language” option from the Settings window.
4. From the left-hand menu, select “Region & 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”.
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.
10. Then, click on “Add a keyboard” option.
8. Finally, you have to 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.
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.
4. If you are using the ‘on-screen keyboard’, you have to 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.