Changing the language of the AWS Management Console - AWS Management Console
Supported languagesChanging default language in Unified SettingsChanging default language from the navigation bar

Changing the language of the AWS Management Console

The AWS Console Home experience includes the Unified Settings page where you can change the default language for AWS services in the AWS Management Console. You can also change the default language quickly from the settings menu from the navigation bar.

Note

The following procedures change the language for all AWS service consoles, but not for AWS documentation. To change the language used for documentation, use the language menu in the upper right of any documentation page.

Supported languages

The AWS Management Console currently supports the following languages:

  • English (US)

  • English (UK)

  • Bahasa Indonesia

  • German

  • Spanish

  • French

  • Japanese

  • Italian

  • Portuguese

  • Korean

  • Chinese (Simplified)

  • Chinese (Traditional)

  • Turkish

Changing default language in Unified Settings

The following procedure details how to change your default language from the Unified Settings page.

To change the default language in Unified Settings

  1. Sign in to the AWS Management Console.

  2. In the navigation bar, choose the gear icon (⚙).

  3. To open the Unified Settings page, choose See all user settings.

  4. In Unified Settings, choose Edit next to Localization and default Region.

  5. To select the language that you want for the console, choose one of the following options:

    • Choose the Browser default from the dropdown list, and then choose Save settings.

      The console text for all AWS services appears in your preferred language that you’ve set in your browser settings.

      Note

      The browser default only supports languages supported by the AWS Management Console.

    • Choose the preferred language from the dropdown list, and then choose Save settings.

      The console text for all AWS services appears in your preferred language.

Changing default language from the navigation bar

The following procedure details how to change your default language directly from the navigation bar.

To change the default language from the navigation bar

  1. Sign in to the AWS Management Console.

  2. In the navigation bar, choose the gear icon (⚙).

  3. For Language, choose either Browser default or the preferred language from the dropdown list.