Follow these simple steps to swap languages on your mobile device
With smart cell phones offering great flexibility to their users, it has become incredibly easy to configure mobile phones to display information in another language. Your smartphone comes with a preset language, but you can change it to your language of choice by following a few easy steps.
How to Change Your Phone's Language
Your phone's language can be changed by going to the Settings menu. On an Android, go to General management > Languages . On an iPhone, go to General > Language & Region .
Steps
-
Open Settings . Depending on the Android you have, the icon will differ. Older versions have a gray and blue rectangle with horizontal sliders. Newer versions will have an icon that looks like a round gear.- It is not the gear with the small "g" in the middle. This is the "Google Settings" app.
-
2Tap General management . Depending on your Android model, the "general" settings option might also just be called General (or something similar).Advertisement
-
Tap Languages . Your current language will be shown under this option. -
Select your desired language. They will be listed in their native language to make it easy for you to find. Tap your desired language and your Android will switch to that language. Be patient; it will take approximately 30 seconds to switch. [1] X Research source
Advertisement
-
Open Settings . The Settings app is in the app dock at the bottom of the screen by default, and has an icon of a gear. [2] X Research source -
Select General . This option also has an icon of a gear. -
3Select Language & Region . It has an icon of a blue globe.
-
4Tap Add Language… . A list of all available languages will be shown to you.
-
Tap your desired language. You will likely have to scroll to find the language you want to use.- The languages will be first listed in their native language, then listed in the current iPhone language underneath. [3] X Research source
-
Tap Use (language) . Once you tap on a language, you are prompted with a choice to change your primary language to that language. You can alternatively tap Use (current primary language) to add the language to your languages list, but not change your primary language.
Advertisement
-
1Find Settings . Search through your phone for your Settings app, possibly labeled Settings & Tools . It may be an icon with gears on it or, in older models, you may need to open your menu and scroll down through a list to find it.
-
2Select Language . The language setting may be in a different settings menu; you may need to look around to find it, as each phone will be slightly different.
-
3Choose your desired language. A list will appear with the different languages that are installed on your phone. This list will likely not be as extensive as on an iPhone or Android, but will contain the most popular languages spoken globally.
Advertisement
Community Q&A
Search
-
QuestionHow do I add another language to my cell phone?Community AnswerYou can go to the settings option, and click "add language." Then, you can add whichever language you would like.
-
QuestionHow do I change a language on a Samsung phone?Community AnswerGo to settings, Click on "My Device," then scroll down and click "Language and Input." Select whichever language you need.
-
QuestionHow do I change the language on my voicemail?Community AnswerGo to settings. Press 4 to change your personal options, then press 8 to change mailbox language. Press 2 to hear your mailbox prompts in English.
Ask a Question
200 characters left
Include your email address to get a message when this question is answered.
Submit
Advertisement
Video
Tips
Submit a Tip
All tip submissions are carefully reviewed before being published
Name
Please provide your name and last initial
Thanks for submitting a tip for review!
References
About This Article
Thanks to all authors for creating a page that has been read 232,597 times.
Advertisement
