Remove Language Bar

8/26/2006 by Elliot Lee | Filed in Life | 34 comments

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”.

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  1. steve miller says:
    9/5/2006 at 5:54 am

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

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  2. Alexander Pasternak says:
    12/17/2006 at 11:58 am

    Thank you so much, that was driving me crazy.

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  3. shady inc says:
    3/23/2007 at 6:15 pm

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

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    3/25/2007 at 4:08 pm

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  5. Steve Meisner says:
    4/21/2007 at 4:55 am

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

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  6. galakiwi says:
    5/9/2007 at 7:46 pm

    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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  7. Dave D says:
    6/13/2007 at 8:20 am

    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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  8. Casey H says:
    7/8/2007 at 5:19 pm

    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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  9. Ryan says:
    8/5/2007 at 8:17 pm

    thank you it was driving me nutz!

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  10. mike/m says:
    8/26/2007 at 6:46 am

    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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  11. Vinay Patil says:
    12/15/2007 at 1:52 am

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

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  12. U says:
    4/29/2008 at 2:07 pm

    HEY GREAT MAN. THANKS ALOT. PEACE OUT. AMERICANO

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  13. aji says:
    6/21/2008 at 8:58 am

    thanks dude

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  14. Fahad says:
    6/24/2008 at 10:12 am

    Thanks a lot man.

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  15. christos says:
    6/25/2008 at 6:56 pm

    thank thanks thanks

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  16. BoomBuz says:
    7/9/2008 at 8:12 am

    thanks a lots

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  17. dmo says:
    1/21/2009 at 9:32 am

    thanks.

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  18. Obaid says:
    2/6/2009 at 1:34 am

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

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  19. Mud says:
    4/20/2009 at 2:13 pm

    Thanks a lot mate !

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  20. Leslie says:
    5/3/2009 at 6:33 am

    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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  21. Boris says:
    6/1/2009 at 7:25 am

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

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  22. sala says:
    6/15/2009 at 4:59 am

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

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  23. Go Steelers says:
    7/12/2009 at 6:44 pm

    I agree with all above. I finally accomplished something today

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  24. mithun says:
    7/19/2009 at 9:10 pm

    Thankz A lot…..

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  25. Sheetal says:
    9/17/2009 at 8:34 pm

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

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