Remove Language Bar

Posted on 8/26/2006 by Elliot Lee

With Windows XP Pro, the “Language Bar” always appears in your taskbar on startup. To disable it, go to the Control Panel -> Date, Time, Language, and Regional Options -> Regional and Language Options -> Languages tab -> Details… -> Language Bar… -> Uncheck the box that says “Show the Language bar on the desktop”.

32 thoughts on “Remove Language Bar”

steve miller on 9/5/2006 at 5:54 am said:

thanks for posting this…i used your info and turned off what was annoying me for 2 years.

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Alexander Pasternak on 12/17/2006 at 11:58 am said:

Thank you so much, that was driving me crazy.

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shady inc on 3/23/2007 at 6:15 pm said:

thanks for the info, i had to manually disable this god damned thing every time i logged onto xp much appreciated

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Steve Meisner on 4/21/2007 at 4:55 am said:

ditto. It was stinkin driving me nuts to turn it off every time! Thanks again.

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galakiwi on 5/9/2007 at 7:46 pm said:

Thanks, it had been annoying me for a long time as well!

Im really glad of the existence of forums, keep it going!

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Dave D on 6/13/2007 at 8:20 am said:

This appeared after I did a Windows Update and I couldn’t figure out how to remove it. Thanks for making clear instructions. FYI, this works in XP non-Pro edition with the difference being the “Date, Time, Language, and Regional Options” Icon is two separate icons with “Date & Time” being one of them.

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Casey H on 7/8/2007 at 5:19 pm said:

Oh lord- I have been trying to figure this thing out for months. At first I thought Skype was doing it! Thanks a mil for the post.

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Ryan on 8/5/2007 at 8:17 pm said:

thank you it was driving me nutz!

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mike/m on 8/26/2007 at 6:46 am said:

elliot, thanks! you’re the first result on a google search for “disable language bar at startup”- couldn’t have been easier- thanks!

mike/m
lbi, nj

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Vinay Patil on 12/15/2007 at 1:52 am said:

Elliot,
Hey You are really genius……… Thx Buddy……

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U on 4/29/2008 at 2:07 pm said:

HEY GREAT MAN. THANKS ALOT. PEACE OUT. AMERICANO

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aji on 6/21/2008 at 8:58 am said:

thanks dude

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Fahad on 6/24/2008 at 10:12 am said:

Thanks a lot man.

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christos on 6/25/2008 at 6:56 pm said:

thank thanks thanks

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BoomBuz on 7/9/2008 at 8:12 am said:

thanks a lots

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dmo on 1/21/2009 at 9:32 am said:

thanks.

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Obaid on 2/6/2009 at 1:34 am said:

Thanks a bunch. The bitchy bar had turned me crazy!! Cheers.. keep up the good work..

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Mud on 4/20/2009 at 2:13 pm said:

Thanks a lot mate !

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Leslie on 5/3/2009 at 6:33 am said:

Thank you so very much! That language bar has been driving me crazy for 4 years and I knew there must be an easy way to stop it.

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Boris on 6/1/2009 at 7:25 am said:

I love you now because of this. Thanks! *hugs*

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sala on 6/15/2009 at 4:59 am said:

Thank you for this post, it is very useful to me

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Go Steelers on 7/12/2009 at 6:44 pm said:

I agree with all above. I finally accomplished something today

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mithun on 7/19/2009 at 9:10 pm said:

Thankz A lot…..

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Sheetal on 9/17/2009 at 8:34 pm said:

Thank you so much!! Why does Microsoft love to annoy us so when we just turn on our PCs?!

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Remove Language Bar

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