Manage your Chromebook's languagesTap here to see an interactive tutorial.

Manage your Chromebook's languages

Tap here to see an interactive tutorial

Change your device's language

Your Chromebook’s features, like settings and menus, use the language you chose when you first set up your device.

At the bottom right, select the time.

Select Settings  and then Advanced.

In the "Languages and inputs" section, select Languages.

To change your Chromebook's language, next to "Device language," select Change.

Type or choose your preferred language.

Select Confirm and restart.

Add or remove web content languages

Add languages you understand and order them to read web content in your preferred language when it’s available.

At the bottom right, select the time.

Select Settings  and then Advanced.

In the "Languages and inputs" section, select Languages.

Under "Web content languages," select Add languages.

Type or choose your preferred language and select Add.

Next to your preferred language, select More .

Choose an option:

To show web content in this language when it’s available, select Move to the top. Your translations will appear in order of preference.

To remove a language from your preferred list, select Remove.

To make the Google Translate pop-up box for web content appear on Google Chrome, select Offer to translate pages in this language. This option appears only if you’ve turned on Translation suggestion.

Turn translation suggestions on or off

You can control whether Chrome will offer to translate webpages in other languages.

At the bottom right, select the time.

Select Settings  and then Advanced.

In the "Languages and inputs" section, select Languages.

At the bottom, turn Translation suggestion on or off.

Tip: If you’ve turned on Translation suggestion and want to read a webpage in a different language, in the address bar, select Translate .

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Change language in Chrome: step-by-step guide

Internet Explorer, Firefox, or Safari – the choice of internet browsers is huge. But there are clear favorites: Around 60% of worldwide internet users prefer Google’s Chrome browser. Its advantages include excellent performance as well as strong user-friendliness.

Like most browsers, Chrome automatically selects a language. But it might not always be the right one for you. In some cases, Chrome can also switch language without warning. This occurs primarily after running updates. However, the browser allows you to easily adjust the language setting manually. We’ll guide you through the steps to change language settings in Google Chrome.

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Google Chrome: navigation options and settings

When you open Chrome for the first time after How to delete archived emails in Gmail downloading it, the browser will select a language that matches your operating system’s language. Google’s browser also configures other settings automatically for you: Chrome saves all websites you visit, for example. The larger the archive and the more storage space required, the slower the browser performance will be. To prevent this, we recommend that you regularly delete your browser history. Find out how to do this in our article “Chrome: Deleting the Browser History – How It Works”. To save selected web addresses permanently for quick access, you can also use the practical feature to create bookmarks.

But before you start using Google Chrome, the navigation options and menu should be displayed in the most convenient language for you. Here’s how to change the default language.