I'm using a virtual device whose target is 2.3.1. If I run any of my android applications, the keyboard will show the right side on the emulator (see the image below). But I want to show my emulator without a keyboard. How can I do this?

I'm using a virtual device whose target is 2.3.1. If I run any of my android applications, the keyboard will show the right side on the emulator (see the image below). But I want to show my emulator without a keyboard. How can I do this?

Today I needed to hide the keyboard when starting the emulator and this worked for me.
When emulator is started, in the android keyboard options you can disable the keyboard to hide it.