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I want to change Accept-language request header to anything I wanted in chrome, is there any extension or plugin where I can do it. I want to be able to change locale and language both. Main requirement is changing the locale.

Hull answered 14/5, 2016 at 1:24 Comment(0)
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Open chrome, go to chrome://settings/languages

On the left, you should see a list of languages. Use mouse to drag the language you want to the top, that will change the order for the values in Accept-language of requests.

If you still don't see the language you prefer, it may be cookies. Go to cookies and clean it up you should be good.

Remembrance answered 16/12, 2016 at 18:13 Comment(3)
This worked for me. Just remember to close and restart Chrome. – Coppery
Drag-and-drop is no longer a thing in the language settings... which is sad. But there's a "move to top" option which accomplishes what you want, I suppose (switching the primary locale). – Faultless
Does not work for the purpose asked as noted in comments to other answer. – Zoilazoilla
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July, 2023 Update:

On Chrome, press F12 to open Developer Tools:

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Then, press Esc to open another panel which has Sensors tab:

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Finally, selecting Location like Tokyo can set Locale ja-JP temporarily as shown below, then you can test a page by reloading the page. I use this function for testing internationally launched website:

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If there isn't Sensors tab, you can open it from the 3 dots as shown below:

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In addition, you can change the locale by setting the 1st language which is used to display websites as shown below. *You can go to the page with chrome://settings/languages:

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Baptize answered 12/9, 2021 at 7:13 Comment(5)
The "extra panel" for me only has these tabs: Console, Network conditions, Issues. Chrome 113.0.5672.92 on a Mac. – Triciatrick
developer.chrome.com/docs/devtools/sensors/#open-sensors Depending on your operating system, press the following to open the Command Menu: On MacOS, Command+Shift+P On Windows, Linux, or ChromeOS, Control+Shift+P – Motherless
after change location to London, will it apply to the webpage immediately? When I change the location nothing change. – Marigraph
@Marigraph Not immediately. You need to reload the page. – Baptize
Thanks. I tried refresh and still nothing change. Maybe the site is not responsive to Location – Marigraph
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Based from this thread, you need to bookmark chrome://settings/languages and then Drag and Drop the language to make it default. You have to click on the Display Google Chrome in this Language button and completely restart Chrome.

Merrie answered 14/5, 2016 at 11:46 Comment(1)
It is just changing the language, the locale is still going as en_US only. I wanted to control the locale part Accept-Language header. – Hull
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To see what's your current locale, do

Intl.NumberFormat().resolvedOptions().locale

in Dev Tools > console. (more details)

The top answer here is both outdated, and does NOT work in Mac OS (November 2021).

The official answer is available at: https://developer.chrome.com/docs/extensions/reference/i18n/#how-to-set-browsers-locale

Windows: Using the UI

Here's how to change the locale using the UI on Google Chrome for Windows:

  • App icon > Options
  • Choose the Under the Hood tab
  • Scroll down to Web Content
  • Click Change font and language settings
  • Choose the Languages tab
  • Use the drop down to set the Google Chrome language
  • Restart Chrome

Mac OS X

To change the locale on Mac, you use the system preferences.

  • From the Apple menu, choose System Preferences
  • Under the Personal section, choose International
  • Choose your language and location
  • Restart Chrome

Linux

To change the locale on Linux, first quit Google Chrome. Then, all in one line, set the LANGUAGE environment variable and launch Google Chrome. For example:

LANGUAGE=es ./chrome

Chrome OS

To change the locale on Chrome OS:

  • From the system tray, choose Settings.
  • Under the Languages and input section, choose the Language dropdown.
  • If your language is not listed, click Add languages and add it.
  • Once added, click the the 3-dot More actions menu item next to your language and choose Display Chrome OS in this language.
  • Click the Restart button that appears next to the set language to restart Chrome OS.
Aloysia answered 14/11, 2021 at 8:16 Comment(1)
can also do navigator.language – Gebhardt
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[on hold: broken in Chrome 72; reported to work in Chrome 71]

The "Quick Language Switcher" extension may help too: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/quick-language-switcher/pmjbhfmaphnpbehdanbjphdcniaelfie

The Quick Language Switcher extension allows the user to supersede the locale the browser is currently using in favor of the value chosen through the extension.

Counseloratlaw answered 2/3, 2017 at 20:46 Comment(2)
A link to a solution is welcome, but please ensure your answer is useful without it: add context around the link so your fellow users will have some idea what it is and why it’s there, then quote the most relevant part of the page you're linking to in case the target page is unavailable. Answers that are little more than a link may be deleted. – Leathaleather
Currently this nice extension is not working with Chrome 72. So right now for me the "fastest" way to switch language is to go directly in: chrome://settings/languages – Pooh
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Use ModHeader Chrome extension.

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Or you can try more complex value like Accept-Language: en-US,en;q=0.9,ru;q=0.8,th;q=0.7

Kilk answered 17/3, 2019 at 22:53 Comment(4)
Did not work for me, Google search results are still not in English. – Moyra
@DmitryKarpenko Try checking what your Accept-Language header is at a site like this: whatismybrowser.com/detect/…. You can also try searching Google from an incognito tab. Most Google products are going to ignore your Accept-Language header if you're logged in and "guess" your language preferences based on prior interactions with search. (Note: you can force change this here google.com/preferences?hl=en&fg=1#languages) – Glycerol
@DmitryKarpenko Check out my answer below for a way to do this without any extension. – Ban
@Ban , for now I'm using VPN to get proper language (or rather location) search results, but your trick looks interesting and less of an overkill. Thanks, I'll try it! – Moyra
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There is an article written by the devtools team describing how change the location settings in Chrome for testing purposes: https://developers.google.com/web/tools/chrome-devtools/device-mode/geolocation

Parous answered 17/3, 2021 at 2:24 Comment(0)
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The easiest way I found, summarized in a few pictures:

Adding Language

Changing Language

Relaunch

You could skip a few steps (up to step 4) by simply navigating to chrome://settings/languages right away.

Ban answered 21/11, 2020 at 21:20 Comment(0)
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I know this is a very old post but I was searching for a solution to define language for chrome without even starting it or update the exe shortcut.

It is possible to force a language and a locale for chrome with the registry on windows.

You need 2 keys to be changed WITH ADMIN RIGHTS :

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Policies\Google\Chrome]
"ApplicationLocaleValue"="fr"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Policies\Google\Chrome\ForcedLanguages]
"1"="fr-FR"

This is forcing the language so all users will not be able to update it with the Chorme UI.

If you need to force a language and be able to modify it with the UI, maybe there is a solution on the official Documentation linked below.

Official Documentation :

Best regards.

Dowable answered 3/1, 2023 at 13:38 Comment(0)

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