How to change windows display language windows 10

How To Change Display Language in Windows 10

In Windows 10, you can change the display language. For example, if you have a PC with an English version of Windows 10, but your native language is not English, you can convert the operating system into your native language without reinstalling. Here is how.

Note: This article describes how to install a language pack online. It will be downloaded from the Internet automatically when available. If you need to install a language pack from a *.cab file that you downloaded earlier, refer to the following article instead:

To change display language in Windows 10, do the following.

First of all, you need to add your language to the list of installed languages. It is covered in detail in the previous article «How To Add a Language in Windows 10».

Assuming that you have already added the desired language in the list, configure the operating system as described below.

The selected language will be used as your display language the next time you sign in to your user account. See the following screenshot:

Later, you might change your mind and would want to remove the language pack you installed.

There are two options to do it.

Alternatively, you can open a new command prompt window and type the following command.

Replace the locale portion with your language code. For example, for Russian, it is ru-RU.

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Windows 10: How to Change Display Language or Keyboard Language

We show you how to use the Windows 10 change language pack feature to adjust your keyboard language, speech recognition, display language, and more.

Microsoft is an American company, but that doesn’t mean its OS is English-only. The Windows 10 change language pack setting lets you choose between a total of 38 dialects to meet your preferences. You can also change keyboard language and speech recognition for a full-fat experience.

Occasionally, something goes wrong and users notice that they have the wrong language in Windows 10. This can be due to incorrect configuration during setup, a pesky bug, or a prankster friend.

We’re going to show you exactly how to change a language pack or set it back to the default. First, you should know that the keyboard language, speech language, and voice language settings are independent. This means you can have a German keyboard language but an English OS, for example, but it also takes a bit longer to get everything configured. Let’s start with how to change Windows 10’s language preferences:

How to Change Language Preferences in Windows 10

Time needed: 1 minute.

The Windows 10 change language functionality lets you quickly order them by preference in a few clicks.

You can open settings with “Windows + I”. Search for language and keyboard and click on the “Edit language and keyboard options” setting.

You may already have the correct language pack installed on your system. Windows will now show you your “Preferred Languages”, under which you can see a list and move your native tongue to the top with the arrow icons.

If your language is behaving unexpectedly, you can also check this window to see what it supports. The icons next to language signify whether it can be used for keyboard, speed, handwriting, text-to-speech, and more.

How to Install a New Language in Windows 10

Time needed: 2 minutes.

To save space, Windows 10 doesn’t keep all languages in its library by default. As a result, you may have to download and install your language pack via the settings menu.

In the previously mentioned language options, press the plus next to “Add a preferred language”.

Windows will now return a long list of all its languages. You can search for yours via the bar at the top and select the regional or national version. Again, the icons signify which aspects of the OS it can be used for. Click “Next”.

The Windows 10 change language settings will now let you choose what features you wish to install for that dialect. Tick the relevant boxes and hit “Install”. Your language will then be added to order as you wish.

How to Change Display Language For Your Account

Time needed: 1 minute.

Now that the language pack is installed, you can change the display language via the drop-down menu at the top of the settings page.

How to Change the Global Display Language

Time needed: 2 minutes.

Changing the Windows 10 language pack on your account is useful, but sometimes you want to toggle it for all accounts. This requires a bit more fiddling.

Press Start and type “Control Panel” to search for the classic version. Click the relevant entry to open it.

In the top-right corner, type “Region” in the search bar. Then, click the heading to get to the settings page.

Switch to the “Administrative” tab and click “Copy settings…” approve any administrator dialogs that appear.

You’ll now be presented with a list of hour current languages for various aspects of the OS and two tick boxes. Choose “Welcome screen and system accounts” and “New user accounts” depending on your preferences.

How to Change Keyboard Language in Windows 10

Time needed: 1 minute.

Now that your options are set up, you can change your keyboard language in Windows 10.

Now that your system has multiple languages, letters representing the active one will show next to the clock in the taskbar. Click it or press “Windows + Space” to quickly switch.

Change Narrator Language in Windows 10

Time needed: 1 minute.

Narrator is a feature that isn’t utilized by most people, but is a godsend for those who need it. You can change the Windows 10 narrator language independently to the other settings.

Press “Windows + I” to open settings and search for “Narrator”. Select “Change Narrator voice” from the search dropdown.

Under the “Choose a voice” dropdown, select one with your language next to it in parentheses. While you’re there, you can adjust the speed and pitch to sound more natural.

How to Adjust Speech Recognition Language

Time needed: 1 minute.

The OS now speaks in your language, but what about when you want to talk to it back? Windows 10 lets you change speech recognition language in much the same way.

Press “Windows + I” to open settings and search for “Narrator”. Select “Turn on Speech Recognition” from the search dropdown.

Under “Choose the language you want to speak with your device”, select the relevant language from the dropdown.

How to Change the Display Language in Windows 10

While installing or setup Windows 10 you are asked to choose your system language and you can change the same later. If you are looking to change the current system language on Windows 10 here is this post we have listed the steps to add remove or change the system language from English to one of 140 other languages on Windows 10.

Change System Language Windows 10

Pro tip: If you’re using a Microsoft account, the language settings will sync across devices. That’s why we recommend disabling the option to sync these settings before making any changes.

To disable language syncing on Windows 10,

Now follow the steps below, to add and change the system language on Windows 10.

Pro Tip: With the latest Windows 10 version you can click add a windows display language link to get download language pack from the Microsoft store as well.

Now Search for the language that you want to use on Windows 10 and select the language package from the result.

Click the next button, then checkmark on Set as my display language option, Then click on the Install language pack option.

This will take a few minutes to download the language pack and apply it.

When you sign in back you will notice the change across the entire Windows 10 experience.

Switch default language on Windows 10

In case you want to change the default language and want to revert back to English follow the steps below.

Remove a Language From Windows 10

If you have added more than one language and may not want to keep all of them on your computer then you can remove languages following the steps below.

Before removing a language, you must select a different language as the default. You cannot remove the current system language. All you need to do is select another language as the default.

Also, you can remove the language pack using the command prompt as well. To do this

Windows 10 won’t change the language

Solution – 01

If you receive an “Only one language pack allowed” or “Your Windows license supports only one display language” message, you have a single language edition of Windows 10. And you need an upgrade to either Windows 10 Home or Windows 10 Pro.

Here’s how to check your Windows 10 language edition:

Solution – 02

That’s all about, Add or remove and change system language on Windows 10. Still need help feel free to discuss in the comments below.

Change Windows 10 Display Language Preferences

You can use Windows 10 desktop and applications in dozens of languages around the world. The translations into other languages may be incomplete and some applications may not provide full support, but the list of languages Windows 10 supports are growing.

Any untranslated text will appear in the language the program or software was originally developed in, usually American English.

This brief tutorial is going to show students and new users how to change the display language on Windows 10 desktops. Not all language packs are installed and available on your desktop. but don’t be surprised to see Windows 10 support for your native language.

Changing your display language allows you to change the language your entire Windows 10 operating system will use. After installing the language pack, set that language as default to change the Windows 10 display language.

Changing to Windows 10 Language

To change Windows 10 language to your native tone click Start > Settings

Then select Time & language > Region & language from the settings page. On the Region & Language page, click the + button to Add a language.

Click Add a language to select and add your desire language to Windows 10. You can use the search box to type the language name you want to include. Then select it to use as Windows 10 display language.

If Windows can’t automatically install the language packs you selected, you will have to manually download it. The steps below show you what to do.

Choose your desire language and then select Options.

Select Download from the Download language pack option.

Once the language pack is installed, select back.

Choose your language and then select Set as default to make that language the Windows 10 display language.

Click Download to download the language pack for your system. Choose the language above, then select Options and click Download.

After download, restart or logout and log back into Windows desktop. and the new display language should be installed for you.

There are some folders in your home folder for things like music, pictures, and documents. These folders use standard names according to your language. When you log back in, these folders will be renamed to the standard names for your selected language.

This is how to change Windows 10 language settings to your native tone.

Congratulations! You’ve successfully change Windows 10 language on the desktop

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I am wondering how to change welcome screen display language from Taiwan to English?

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Let’s follow the following steps to change the welcome screen’s display language.

Go to Control Panel->Region, move to Administrative tab

Click the button Copy Settings

In this dialog, copy our current language (of course, it should be English) to the system account which will cause everything to show up in English. Meanwhile, there is an option to set it as default for new users.

After these operation, restart computer to test result.

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Change the location to other country English speaking country which will match with yours.

Once done do the following:

1. From the Language window, click advanced settings.
2. Click Apply language settings to the welcome screen, system accounts, and new user accounts. The Region window opens.
3. On the Administrative tab, click the Copy settings button.
4. On the Welcome screen and new user accounts settings window, select the check box next to Welcome screen and system accounts to apply your display language choice to the Welcome screen and system accounts.
5. If that is the only change you want to make, click OK.
6. If you also want to apply your display language choice to all new user accounts, select the check box next to new user accounts.
7. Click OK on Welcome screen and new user accounts settings window.
8. Click OK on the Region window
9. If prompted, click Restart.