How to change the default language on Google Chrome
Language diversity is a big deal for Google, catering to a worldwide user base of cultures and dialects. Your default language setting on Google Chrome may be English, but there are options for folks who don’t speak English. Language barriers are removed with a Chrome feature that translates web page text into your chosen dialect. Here’s how to change the language settings on devices running Google Chrome, including useful Chromebooks, Android devices, and PCs, all conducted within Google Chrome.
How to change Google Chrome’s language on Windows computers
You can change Google Chrome’s default language from the Windows app. If you install Chrome on a Mac or Linux computer, you can only change it from your computer’s settings menu. You may need to restart the browser for the settings to take effect. Additionally, the option to display Chrome in a language or offer translations may be grayed out, meaning Chrome doesn’t support the language on its user interface (UI).
- Launch Google Chrome.
- Click the three-dot icon beside your profile icon.
- In the drop-down menu, select Settings. This option opens a new tab displaying Chrome’s settings.
- In the left sidebar, click Languages.
- Click Add languages.
- Select your preferred language from the list. You can select more than one.
- When you’re done, click Add. The new languages appear under Preferred languages.
- Click the three-dot icon near your preferred language.
- To allow Chrome’s UI and web pages to use this language, select Display Google Chrome in this language.
- Some web pages may contain multiple languages. To translate these pages to your preferred language before others, use the Move options to reorder languages.
- To allow Google to offer translations when you visit a page with foreign languages, click the toggle switch beside Use Google Translate.
- Click the three-dot icon beside your preferred language.
- Click Offer to translate pages in this language.
