How to Add Another Language to Your Computer Keyboard

Last Updated: October 22, 2022

Whether you're attempting to learn a foreign language or talking online in another language it can often be easier to switch the entire keyboard to that language. Instead of trying to search for the symbols and others. Start at step one to learn how to do this.

Steps

1
Click start. Navigate to and open the control panel.
2
Open the date, time, language, and regional window. Navigate to the regional and language options tab.

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3
Click the languages tab. There should be a section labeled text services and input methods.
4
Click on the details button. This will open another box with default input language and below that installed services. It's the option under installed services that you want.
5
Select the language you want from the menu. Click 'Add'. (Here you can also remove keyboards that you have previously installed, if you no longer wish to have them on your PC, by clicking on them and selecting 'remove').
6
Accept the installation of the language keyboard settings. Check that you have picked the language you want and click OK.
7
Click okay again. This is important for the change to be saved.
8
Check that the keyboard was added. Locate (on an English/American keyboard) on the bottom right-hand-side the 'EN' symbol.
9
Click the EN symbol. Select the language you have just installed. You should now be able to type in that language.

Community Q&A

Question

I did these steps, but I still can't type in that language! What do I do?

Community Answer

You change the language for one of two reasons. Either you already speak that language or you have a keyboard from another country. It's not Google Translate. If you can't speak the other language, changing the computer's language setting is pointless, as it only changes the dictionary database from one language to another -- it's not going to recognize English.
Question

How can I get the computer to use Ukrainian?

Community Answer

You should follow the same steps, but select Ukrainian from the list of languages.
Question

How can I add the Korean language to my keyboard?

Kayo

Community Answer

Follow the same steps on the list, only choose Korean when you’re picking the new language.