Alt-Gr + Shift no longer switches keyboard language back to English after Windows 11 update

Omar Talaat 20 Reputation points
2025-12-04T12:01:05.89+00:00

Hi, After a recent Windows 11 update, my language shortcut stopped working properly.

I use Shift + Alt-Gr to switch between English and Arabic. It switches from English → Arabic, but it won’t switch back from Arabic → English. The shortcut only works in one direction.

I already checked language settings and keyboard layouts—no fix.

How can I restore the full toggle?

Thanks.

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Settings
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  1. Mohamed hamed 0 Reputation points
    2025-12-11T21:16:08.72+00:00

    I had this issue too and I tried a lot of things but I found someone put this vid and said it will fix the problem, so I tried and it solved
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNLGRXwyt-Y
    Small tip
    but the first file that I should delete it on the video I didn't find it, so I just opened the second file and restart only and now it works
    I was worried if the file will harm or hack my pc but everything is good right now

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