Have you ever started a game or something on Windows and while you were operating it, noticed text appearing in the upper left corner of the screen, as shown in the image below?
Some people may find it annoying, especially when it appears while playing games.
This is not a bug, but is caused by Japanese input.
How to fix the problem of text appearing in the upper left corner of the screen
First, press Windows key + I to open Settings.
Windows 10
1. Click "Time and Language."
2. Click "Language" on the left.
3. Click "Add a language" on the right.
Windows 11
1. Click "Time and Language" on the left.
2. Click "Language and Region" on the right.
3. Click "Add a language."
From this point on, the steps are the same for Windows 10 and Windows 11.
4. Select English (United Arab Emirates) and click Next.
5. Make sure that "Install language pack" is checked and click "Install."
*You can uncheck "Handwritten input".
6. The language pack will begin downloading and installation.
7. Once the language pack installation is complete, close Settings and you're done.
Next, proceed to "Switching input languages."
Switching input languages
Task tray (notification area)Click the IME icon in the
Select ENG English (United Arab Emirates) US Keyboard.
Switch input languages with shortcuts
You can also switch input languages by pressing Shift + Alt on your keyboard.
What causes the text to appear in the upper left corner of the screen?
The problem of characters appearing in the upper left corner of the screen is that the input language is Japanese,Hiragana inputThis is because:
Let's actually display some text in the upper left corner of the screen.
First, click on an empty area of the taskbarActive position.
In this state, if you look to the left of the IME icon in the bottom right, you should see "A".
Click "A" here or press "Half-width/Full-width｜Kanji" key, or "Kana/Kana｜RomajiPress the " key to change it to "a".
In this state, if you use the keyboard to enter a character (for example, "w"), the character will be displayed in the upper left corner of the screen as shown below.
In most cases, you accidentally press the "Half-width/Full-width｜Kanji" key, or "Kana/Kana｜RomajiThis is because you have pressed the " key.
By setting the input language to "ENG English (United Arab Emirates) US keyboard",Half-width/Full-width｜Kanji" key, or "Kana/Kana｜RomajiThis fixes the issue where pressing the " key no longer inputs hiragana and characters are displayed in the upper left corner of the screen.
