English qwertz keyboard layout on windows 10

Question

I want to have a english keyboard layout, but with QWERTZ insted of QWERTY. I tried going to Settings > Time & Language > Language > English (United States) > Add a keyboard, but I can't find any keyboard layout with QWERTZ.

What should I do?

Answer 1

If you just want to switch

• Y -> Z
• Z -> Y

You could use Microsoft official tool called Keyboard Manager. In order to install in you will need to install a set of tools called PowerToys (Microsoft official tools). There is a few ways of installing it, one of them is through the Microsoft store.

After installing find in the the search bar and open it.

Open the keyboard manager and just remap the keys like this:

NOTE: By default the PowerToys has all the tools enabled, so you might want to disable all of them if you just need the Keyboard manager, or you might find something useful :)

NOTE 2: There is also a tool called Microsoft Keyboard Layout Creator, but I haven't played with it. Here is a question that talks more about it (LINK).