Thursday, September 20, 2018

How to change the Chrome display language from Spanish to English


If you downloaded Chrome recently, you would have faced this situation of  all Chrome displays being in Spanish.

This article explains how to get your display back in English. These are step by step instructions. You just have to follow the instructions where they ask you to click a particular tab. It might be in Spanish, but you can recognise the word from its spelling and its highlighted position in the picture.

These are the steps for changing the display language:

1. Open Chrome.
2. Click the button on the top right corner.

                                     

The menu expands as in the picture below. 




3.Click Configuracion.


        The following screen opens.




4.Scroll down to the bottom and click Configuracion avanzada.

5. Scroll down again till you reach Idiomas.

Idiomas shows the display language. Here it is Espanol. 

6. To add your language, click Anadir idiomas.

The following dialog box opens.

7. Scroll down to your language (see figure below).


8. Select your language and Click Anadir..


9.The display language will be on top. Here it is Espanol. Click the button next to it (highlighted).

10. The following dialog box opens up. Click Bajar.

11. Your language shifts to the top position. Click the button next to it (highlighted).

13.The following dialog box opens (see picture below):
      Select the first check box.

This will display Chrome in your language.
Note: If you want Chrome to offer translations for every foreign language page, select the second check box as well.

14. Click Reiniciar to restart Chrome.

Chrome restarts by itself. It will now display in your preferred language.