How to Change Language on Your Chromebook (2024)

Nov. 14, 2024

Unlike a few years ago,ChromeOSis now a much-more matured operating system that comes with many desktop-class features. Chromebooks allow you to change the system language as well as app-specific language. Moreover, you can change the browser language in a few clicks. So if you recently purchased a ChromeOS laptop and want to change the language on your Chromebook, here is how you can do it.

Method 1: Change System Language on Chromebook

Changing the system language will apply the language across the UI and native ChromeOS apps on your Chromebook. Here’s how to do it:

Google introduced app-specific languages withAndroid 13and the same feature has been added to ChromeOS’ ARCVM container with the Android 13 update. Here’s how to use it:

The system language in Chromebooks doesn’t apply to webpages so you have to change the website language in another setting.

4. Then click thethree vertical dotsand clickMove to the top. The top selection will become the preferred language on websites.

Apart from the above-mentioned steps, you can also use a niftyChromeOS keyboard shortcutto quickly change the language on a Chromebook.

These are the easiest ways to change or add your preferred language to your Chromebook. Were you successful in changing the language across the ChromeOS UI, apps, and also, your Google account? Let us know in the comments below.