When you have multiple input language keyboards installed, you can switch the keyboard layout you’re using; press and hold the Windows key, and then repeatedly press the Spacebar to cycle through all your installed keyboards. In Windows 11, the default sequence is Left Alt + Left Shift and Win + Space. There are other ways one can switch between input language keyboards as well, including using the language bar and language abbreviations on the Taskbar. By default, when you switch the keyboard layout, it applies globally to all open windows. This means that when you switch from one language to another in any app, you will also have the current input language keyboard layout in any running app like a web browser or File Explorer. This can be annoying for some, and the steps below show you how to turn on the per-app input language keyboard layout in Windows 11.
How to turn on input language keyboard layout per app in Windows 11
As mentioned above, when you switch the keyboard layout, it applies globally to all open windows. This means that when you switch from one language to another in any app, you will also have the current input language keyboard layout in any running app like a web browser or File Explorer. Below are shortcuts and steps to change the keyboard layout in Windows 11.
Press and hold the Windows key and then repeatedly press the Spacebar to cycle through all your installed keyboards. Press the Left Alt + Shift key to cycle through the last keyboard layout for each preferred language. Press the Ctrl + Shift key to cycle through the keyboard layouts only for the current language.
When you have multiple preferred languages installed, you should have a similar screen in Settings > Time & language > Preferred languages For each preferred language, when you go into the language option, you should be able to add an input keyboard layout. Now to turn on per app input method, go to the Start menu > Settings > Time & language > Typing. On the Typing settings pane, select and click the Advanced keyboard settings tile. On the Advanced keyboard settings pane, check the box for Let me use a different input method for each app window. That should do it! You can now close the Settings app. Going forward, each app’s window will have its keyboard layout. Conclusion: This post showed you how to set up the input language keyboard layout per app in Windows 11. If you find any error above or have something to add, please use the comment form below.
