How to Use the US-International Keyboard on Windows
The United States-International layout keeps the normal US key positions but turns five keys into accent keys, and adds extra letters on Right Alt.
How to add it
- Open Settings → Time & language → Language & region.
- Next to your language, open Language options.
- Under Keyboards, click Add a keyboard and choose United States-International.
- Switch layouts with Win+Space.
Dead keys
' adds an acute, ` a grave, ^ a circumflex, " an umlaut and ~ a tilde to the next letter. To type the symbol itself, press the key and then Space.
Full chart
| Letter | Dead key | Right Alt |
|---|---|---|
| ß | — | Right Alt+S |
| à | `, then A | — |
| á | ', then A | Right Alt+A |
| â | Shift+6 (^), then A | — |
| ã | Shift+` (~), then A | — |
| ä | Shift+' ("), then A | Right Alt+Q |
| å | — | Right Alt+W |
| æ | — | Right Alt+Z |
| ç | ', then C | Right Alt+, |
| è | `, then E | — |
| é | ', then E | Right Alt+E |
| ê | Shift+6 (^), then E | — |
| ë | Shift+' ("), then E | — |
| ì | `, then I | — |
| í | ', then I | Right Alt+I |
| î | Shift+6 (^), then I | — |
| ï | Shift+' ("), then I | — |
| ð | — | Right Alt+D |
| ñ | Shift+` (~), then N | Right Alt+N |
| ò | `, then O | — |
| ó | ', then O | Right Alt+O |
| ô | Shift+6 (^), then O | — |
| õ | Shift+` (~), then O | — |
| ö | Shift+' ("), then O | Right Alt+P |
| ø | — | Right Alt+L |
| ù | `, then U | — |
| ú | ', then U | Right Alt+U |
| û | Shift+6 (^), then U | — |
| ü | Shift+' ("), then U | Right Alt+Y |
| ý | ', then Y | — |
| þ | — | Right Alt+T |
| ÿ | Shift+' ("), then Y | — |
| À | `, then Shift+A | — |
| Á | ', then Shift+A | Right Alt+Shift+A |
| Â | Shift+6 (^), then Shift+A | — |
| Ã | Shift+` (~), then Shift+A | — |
| Ä | Shift+' ("), then Shift+A | Right Alt+Shift+Q |
| Å | — | Right Alt+Shift+W |
| Æ | — | Right Alt+Shift+Z |
| Ç | ', then Shift+C | Right Alt+Shift+, |
| È | `, then Shift+E | — |
| É | ', then Shift+E | Right Alt+Shift+E |
| Ê | Shift+6 (^), then Shift+E | — |
| Ë | Shift+' ("), then Shift+E | — |
| Ì | `, then Shift+I | — |
| Í | ', then Shift+I | Right Alt+Shift+I |
| Î | Shift+6 (^), then Shift+I | — |
| Ï | Shift+' ("), then Shift+I | — |
| Ð | — | Right Alt+Shift+D |
| Ñ | Shift+` (~), then Shift+N | Right Alt+Shift+N |
| Ò | `, then Shift+O | — |
| Ó | ', then Shift+O | Right Alt+Shift+O |
| Ô | Shift+6 (^), then Shift+O | — |
| Õ | Shift+` (~), then Shift+O | — |
| Ö | Shift+' ("), then Shift+O | Right Alt+Shift+P |
| Ø | — | Right Alt+Shift+L |
| Ù | `, then Shift+U | — |
| Ú | ', then Shift+U | Right Alt+Shift+U |
| Û | Shift+6 (^), then Shift+U | — |
| Ü | Shift+' ("), then Shift+U | Right Alt+Shift+Y |
| Ý | ', then Shift+Y | — |
| Þ | — | Right Alt+Shift+T |
| Ÿ | Shift+' ("), then Shift+Y | — |