OS X 10.9: Deleting Keyboard Input Sources

Question

This is really similar to: How to remove or disable a default keyboard layout? However, I am new here and have no ability to comment or make remarks towards this to voice further problems.

In OS X 10.9, I need to remove input sources in System Preferences > Language and Region > Keyboard Preferences > Input Source.

To be clear, I want these gone completely; if I were to click the add button then I want there to be nothing but the basic English layout available.

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**Edit: The solution can be as dangerous as editing near-/root-level files in the OS as long as there's a possible solutions

If no possible solution can be found can anyone recommend third-party software or a way to lock system preferences?**

Answer 1

If others got here searching for how to disable all input sources except a custom keyboard layout, you can edit the com.apple.HIToolbox plist:

1. Change the current input source to your custom keyboard layout.
2. Open ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.HIToolbox.plist (in 10.9) or ~/Library/Preferences/ByHost/com.apple.HIToolbox.*.plist (in 10.8 and earlier). You can convert the plist to XML with plutil -convert xml1.
3. Remove the input source or input sources you want to disable from the AppleEnabledInputSources dictionary. If there is an AppleDefaultAsciiInputSource key, remove it.
4. Restart.

Answer 2

I not completely sure that's what you're looking for. But if you want to remove some input sources. You just have to select them then click the "minus" button.

You can delete them all but one. There has to be a least one input source. In your case one of the english input sources.

Edit : OP want's to remove all the input source from the list (accessible by clicking the "+" button). And that's not possible.

Answer 3

[edit: Disregard this answer - it addresses custom keyboard layouts which you can remove by deleting them from the "Keyboard Layouts" dir. Op wanted an answer for default Apple languages preinstalled in the system]

The easiest way to remove a custom keyboard layout from "Input Sources -> +" list (when clicking the add button) is to use Keyboard Juggler (see section "Companion Application").

Keyboard Juggler is a simple app designed to simplify the work flow of editing keyboard layouts. It simply gives you a way to move keyboard layouts in and out of the folders that macOS uses for enabling the use of keyboard layouts, without having to use the Finder or show hidden folders. It is intended as a companion application to Ukelele, the keyboard layout editor.

So simple yet so effective - 3 clicks and the layouts are gone.