Windows 10: Change System UI Language in Windows 10

How to: Change System UI Language in Windows 10

How to Change System UI Language in Windows 10


The system default UI language is the language of the localized version used to set up Windows during installation. All menus, dialog boxes, error messages, and help files are represented in this language, except when the user selects a different language.

The display language) is installed on the computer.

This tutorial will show you how to change the system UI language used for the welcome screen, system accounts, and new user accounts in Windows 10.

*Warning You must be signed in as an administrator to change the system UI language.



Here's How:

1. Open Settings.

2. Change your display language (ex: "English (United States)") to what you want to copy as the system UI language. (see screenshot below)



3. Change your input language (ex: "English (United States) - US") to what you want to copy as the system UI language. (see screenshot below)



4. Change your location (ex: "United States") to what you want to copy as the system UI language. (see screenshot below)



5. Change your format (ex: "English (United States)") to what you want to copy as the system UI language. (see screenshot below)



6. Click/tap on the Time & Language icon on the Settings home page. (see screenshot below)



7. Click/tap on Language on the left side, and click/tap on the Administrative language settings link on the right side. (see screenshot below)



8. Click/tap on the Copy settings button in the Welcome screen and new user accounts section. (see screenshot below)



9. Check the Welcome screen and system accounts and New user accounts boxes, and click/tap on OK. (see screenshots below)





10. If prompted, click/tap on the Restart now button to apply. (see screenshot below)

*Warning This will immediately restart the computer. Be sure to save and close your work first.



11. If not prompted to restart, click/tap on OK to apply. (see screenshot below)



12. You can now close Settings if you like.


That's it,
Shawn


Related Tutorials

• How to Add a Language in Windows 10
• How to See System Default UI Language of Windows 10
• How to Copy Region and Language Settings to Welcome Screen and New User Accounts in Windows 10
• How to Add or Remove Language Packs and Change Display Language in Windows 10
• How to Force System UI Language as Display Language in Windows
• How to Change Display Language in Windows 10

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unable to change the language of UI

Hello,

Thank you for your interest in Windows 10.

To assist you better I would like to know, what was the base language for your previous Operating system?



I would suggest you to follow the below steps and check if it helps.

Step 1: Remove the Existing language.

• 
  Press Windows + X on your keyboard.
  
• 
  Select Control panel.
  
• 
  Select language.
  
• 
  Click on the Option adjacent to the
  Existing language.
  
• 
  Click on remove under input method.
  

Step 2: Add English Language.

• 
  Press Windows + X on your keyboard.
  
• 
  Select Control panel.
  
• 
  Select language.
  
• 
  Click on Add language.
  
• 
  Add the English language from the given list.
  

If you want a language pack:

You may refer to the suggestions posted by Andre Da Costa on the following thread.

Can I change language in Windows 10 Home edition?

Hope this information was helpful.

 

Windows 8.1 update changed the language, can't change back

Maybe, these will help... it seems it is a common enough problem.

Language packs are no longer available after you upgrade to Windows 8.1

And, sort of the same here --> Add a language or keyboard

Quote from above MS web page:

Spoiler Download and install language packs
You'll need to download the language pack if you want to make a language your Windows display language (that's the language you see most often in Windows and apps).

• Swipe in from the right edge of the screen, tap Settings, and then tap Change PC settings.
  (If you're using a mouse, point to the lower-right corner of the screen, move the mouse pointer up, click Settings, and then click Change PC settings.)
• Tap or click Time and language, and then tap or click Region and language.
• Tap or click a language that says Language pack available underneath, and then tap or click Options.
• Tap or click Download. The download process might take a while, depending on your PC and the size of the language pack.
  If you want to make this your display language, see the next section "Change your Windows display language".

Change your Windows display language
To change your Windows display language (that's the language you see most often in Windows and apps), first add a language, download and install the language pack, and then follow these steps.

• Swipe in from the right edge of the screen, tap Settings, and then tap Change PC settings.
  (If you're using a mouse, point to the lower-right corner of the screen, move the mouse pointer up, click Settings, and then click Change PC settings.)
• Tap or click Time and language, and then tap or click Region and language.
• Tap or click the language that you want to set as your display language.
• Tap or click Set as primary to move the language to the top of the list. If the language can become your Windows display language, you'll see Will be display language after next sign-in appear under the language.
• Sign out and then sign back in to finish.

And here is some more info --> Add Language Packs to Windows

 

Change system language on a single language licence

Yes it is possible to change the language on Windows 10 Single Language

Click the link below for a step by step on how to do that. That page also lists all the links for the different language packs:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/31698742/ho...

 

See System Default UI Language of Windows 10


Thank you Shawn, very much. I believe the following comments will save at least some readers a large amount of time:

1. If one is trying to change the System Default UI language (and not the displayed language of an individual user), then the relevant tutorial is not the one you cite above, but is instead: [url='https://www.windowsphoneinfo.com/threads/region-and-language-settings-copy-in-windows-10.6819/[/url] (How to Copy Region and Language Settings to Welcome Screen and New User Accounts in Windows 10)

2. If you're like me, you don't want to really change the default system UI language at all. Your problem is that you have in your hand an upgrade .iso, but the upgrade won't allow you to preserve apps setting and files because the 'edition' of the iso isn't the 'same' edition as your current installed Windows. And logic tells you this can't be the real reason you can't preserve files apps and settings, because OF COURSE the .iso is of a different edition -- that's why you using it at all, to UPGRADE.
The shameful truth is that it is the system default UI language which is likely to be different between the .iso and your installed Windows. None of the other language settings seem to matter, although YMMV. Rather than go through the rather delicate procedure in the tutorial just cited, i found that indeed if I just change the value of the "default" key of this tutorial, changing to the correct, desired, LCID (i.e. the one matching the upgrade .iso), then the command dism /online /get-intl reports the system default UI Language to be immediately changed. So you can proceed with the upgrade, and --miracle of miracles -- you can keep files apps and settings.

When the upgrade completes, it is probably safer to restore the registry value using he control panel Region settings in the tutorial mentioned in the previous paragraph. However you choose to do it, making the default system UI language agree between the current installation and the upgrade media was absolutely critical to keeping my apps settings and files.

 

change language display on windows 10

Hi,

Thanks for your interest on Windows 10.



To assist you better I would like to know, what was the base language for your previous Operating system?



I would suggest you to follow the below steps and check if it helps.

Step 1: Remove the Japanese language.

• 
  Press Windows + X on your keyboard.
  
• 
  Select Control panel.
  
• 
  Select language.
  
• 
  Click on the Option adjacent to the
  Japanese language.
  
• 
  Click on remove under input method.
  

Step 2: Add English Language.

• 
  Press Windows + X on your keyboard.
  
• 
  Select Control panel.
  
• 
  Select language.
  
• 
  Click on Add language.
  
• 
  Add the English language from the given list.
  

Hope it helps, reply to us with the status of your issue. We will be happy to assist you.