Replacing your primary keyboard layout is simple Adding a keyboard layout in Windows 11 is easy, as long as you know the keyboard layout you want to use. Here's how it goes.

To make your computer multilingual, you only need to add an input language and a new keyboard layout. Here's the drill: Go to Region and Language in the Windows Control Panel (in the Start menu).

You can add as many keyboard layouts as you want. The trick then becomes how to switch the layout. You have a few options: If you check the box for Show input in menu bar, a menu bar icon appears ...

Click "Add an Input Method," select the "Russian - Mnemonic" layout and then click the "Add" button. Click "Remove" next to the entry for the regular Russian keyboard to remove it as an option.