<p>If you go to Settings->Locales in the control panel, you can add "English - en" as a new locale/language to Craft.</p>

<p>From there, you can can what language the Control Panel will display on a <em>per user</em> basis by going to the user's account and setting the "Preferring Language" setting.</p>

<p>As <a href="https://craftcms.stackexchange.com/a/20058/57">J. Baptiste</a> pointed out, you can also set what the default Control Panel language should be for all users by setting the <a href="https://craftcms.com/docs/config-settings#defaultCpLanguage" rel="nofollow noreferrer">defaultCpLanguage</a> config setting.</p>

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2017-04-20T11:09:53.577Z
thanks a lot. what i needed is "going to the user's account and setting the "Preferring Language" setting." compeleted the answer that i need :).
Abdelhafid AABID
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Brad Bell
<p>You have to set <code>'defaultCpLanguage' =&gt; 'en',</code> in <code>craft/config/general.php</code>
<a href="https://craftcms.com/docs/config-settings#defaultCpLanguage" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://craftcms.com/docs/config-settings#defaultCpLanguage</a></p>

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2017-04-19T10:19:41.820Z
i tryied your solution but still no change at all, it's still in french...
Abdelhafid AABID
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2017-04-19T10:29:53.507Z
Do you have "en" in Settings->Locales?
curious
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2017-04-19T10:40:54.003Z
no, do i add it manually ?
Abdelhafid AABID
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curious
<p>I have Craft on local (Pro edition) that was installed with French as the system language.  Is there a way to change to another language (English for example) for the control panel? I want to change <strong>the system language</strong>, not the content of my entries (localisation).
<a href="https://i.sstatic.net/YWSxA.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/YWSxA.png" alt="image of cp"></a></p>

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System language, can I change it after installation?
# System language, can I change it after installation?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-04-19)

I have Craft on local (Pro edition) that was installed with French as the system language. Is there a way to change to another language (English for example) for the control panel? I want to change **the system language**, not the content of my entries (localisation).
[![image of cp](https://i.sstatic.net/YWSxA.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/YWSxA.png)

**Tags:** control-panel, language

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2017-04-19. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

If you go to Settings->Locales in the control panel, you can add "English - en" as a new locale/language to Craft.

From there, you can can what language the Control Panel will display on a *per user* basis by going to the user's account and setting the "Preferring Language" setting.

As [J. Baptiste](https://craftcms.stackexchange.com/a/20058/57) pointed out, you can also set what the default Control Panel language should be for all users by setting the [defaultCpLanguage](https://craftcms.com/docs/config-settings#defaultCpLanguage) config setting.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: thanks a lot. what i needed is "going to the user's account and setting the "Preferring Language" setting." compeleted the answer that i need :).  

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### Answer by username_2 on 2017-04-19. Score: 1

You have to set `'defaultCpLanguage' => 'en',` in `craft/config/general.php`
<https://craftcms.com/docs/config-settings#defaultCpLanguage>

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: i tryied your solution but still no change at all, it's still in french...  
> **username_2**: Do you have "en" in Settings->Locales?  
> **username_0**: no, do i add it manually ?  

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