Looking for how to change Windows 10 display language? Changing the display language is not very complicated. It works via the language settings.
If you want to change the display language, this has the following advantages. For example, you can set the desired display language per account. If you share the computer with multiple people, each has their own display language.
If you have trouble reading the current display language due to font issues or other reasons, changing the display language to a language that is easier for you to read can help you be more productive.
Some features, settings, and apps in Windows 10 may be unavailable or displayed differently depending on the display language. By changing the display language, you can use these features and settings in the way they are intended.
Windows 10 change display language
Click on the search bar in the taskbar. Then search for “language settings” and click on the result.
If the desired language is already installed, click on “Options”. If not, first add the desired display language by clicking “add a language”.
Choose a language to install. At the bottom you will see an icon showing whether this language can be installed as a display language. Only the languages with this icon can be set as the display language. Click next.
Make sure the “Set as my Windows display language” option is enabled. Click “Install”.
The display language is set with the chosen language after installation. This won't take long.
You must log out and log in to Windows after installation to make the display language active.
If you had already installed the language, change the Windows display language by selecting the desired language. You can optionally remove the old display language by clicking on the language in the “preferred languages” and then clicking on the “remove” button.
I hope this helped you. Thank you for reading!
Good afternoon, I am installing Windows 10. I made the wrong language choice during installation. I have it set to Dutch instead of American. Now I cannot find the @ during installation and I cannot get any further because I have to enter my @mail address. enter
HELP
Kind regards, Aad
Hello Aad, you can always choose to step back during installation. A monkey tail with a QWERTY Dutch keyboard types by just clicking on the key next to the “1”, the left key. The key looks like “§”. If that no longer works, you will need to adjust the keyboard layout.
Click on the start button. Click on Settings, click on Language on the left. Then click Add under “preferred languages” or click on the current language and then on Options. Under keyboards you can add a keyboard layout. Then press ALT+SHIFT and then hold down ALT. Select the newly added keyboard layout.
Good luck! Greetings, Stefan
Hello Stefan,
I bought a new laptop for my wife. Windows 10 Home in Dutch and Azerty keyboard. I now want to download and install Russian as the default language, but I would also like all folders in Explorer to keep a Dutch name and not change to Russian. In the programs she uses, everything should be in Russian. How do I do that?
First set Russian as the default language and then install the programs? Or does that not matter?
I already have keyboard stickers to put the Russian letters on the keys.
Thanks in advance,
Marc
Hi Marc, as far as I know this doesn't work. The letter will be replaced by Russian, including the specific folder names. The apps generally adopt the installed Windows language. However, this varies per app. Greetings, Stefan
A Dutch-language W10 was installed at the start, so does it then change completely to Russian?
I see Dutch, English and Russian folder names mixed up on her old laptop. She used the laptop in three different languages simultaneously by adjusting the keyboard via shortcut. The original Windows installed was in English on her old laptop.
Maybe I'll have to experiment a bit myself...
Hi Marc, yes what is at all? No, standard folders such as Documents etc do not change, I don't think so, not sure... New folders that are created do, and some standard folders such as “Windows” and subfolders do not either. I suspect that's why you see the mix of these three languages. It is also a “display language” We cannot adjust this either so unfortunately we have to make do with it 🙂 The only thing you can do is if you want to completely adjust everything to Russian is to install Windows 10 Russian, after a backup to have made up important files. You can simply download this. This saves a considerable amount of time than adapting everything to Russian, which may not be completely successful. Good luck with your choice!
Greetings, Stefan
Thank you! It becomes clear. 🙂
The default folders have indeed not changed. The self-added folders do.
Regards,
Marc
Thank you very much Stefan 🙂 Thanks to you I was able to convert the Dutch version into English…
Top! Thank you for your message! 🙂
Greetings, Stefan
Hi Stefan, thanks for the clear article!
I'm just running into a problem... Windows is in Dutch and I want English. The store says that English is installed, but in the settings where I can choose the display language, only Dutch is in the dropdown menu.
What to do?
I have sent you an email asking for additional information.
Dear Stephen,
I have changed the Windows language from Dutch to English US, but no matter what I do, the login screen shows Welcome instead of Welcome.
Do you have any idea how this is possible?
I am using the latest Windows Version 20H2
Hello Rene, I found this information: https://blog.techinline.com/2016/03/29/how-to-change-the-language-of-welcome-screen-in-windows-10/. I also tested it immediately and it is not possible - no matter what I try - to get the word "Welcome" in English. I can't do it either, everything has been translated except this word. Unfortunately not possible, this word “Welcome” is probably ingrained in the Windows installation language. Even if you restore Windows, the original language will remain as installed, i.e. in Dutch. Unfortunately. Even if I add a new account via English, it is created with a Dutch “Welcome” and “Log Out” text in the login screen. Greetings, Stefan
It's no different Stefan.
Thank you very much for looking into it.