Change language or location settings

You can select your preferred language and location on YouTube using your computer or on mobile web. When using the YouTube mobile app, you can select your location. Language settings change the text that appears during videos.* The location that you choose impacts the videos that surface for:

• Recommendations
• Trending
• News

YouTube provides language and content preferences for all countries/regions and languages in which YouTube is available. We're constantly expanding the ability for the product to reach more users. If you can't find your language or country/region, select an option that's most appropriate for your needs and interests.

If YouTube can't find your country/region, the default location is the United States.

*Please note that in India, language settings change the videos that are shown on your homepage and in trending.

YouTube on smart TVs, streaming devices and game consoles

By default, the YouTube app on smart TVs, streaming devices and game consoles will follow the language and location settings of your device. You can change these settings for YouTube at any time. To change these settings:

1. Open the YouTube app on your device.
2. Select settings . 
3. Select Language to choose a different language.
4. Select Location to choose a different location.

Change the language for your search keyboard

You can also change the search language setting for the search keyboard:

1. Open the YouTube app on your smart TV, streaming device or game console.
2. Select Search, then choose a language.

The search keyboard supports the following languages:

Arabic Chinese (Simplified)  Chinese (Traditional – Hong Kong) Chinese (Traditional – Taiwan) Danish Dutch English French French (Canada) German Greek Hebrew Hungarian Italian Japanese

Korean Norwegian Polish Portuguese Portuguese (Brazil) Russian Spanish Spanish (Mexico) Spanish (US) Swedish Thai Turkish Ukrainian Vietnamese

Note: If your app language is not supported, the search keyboard will default to English.

Follow the instructions below for the YouTube app or mobile site.

YouTube app

Language settings for the mobile apps follow the language of your device. You can change your YouTube location settings in the YouTube app.

1. Tap your profile picture .
2. Tap Settings .
3. Tap General.
4. Tap Location.
5. Select your geography.

Mobile web

By default, the YouTube mobile site follows the language setting of your device. You can change the language and location settings on the mobile site.

1. Go to your account .
2. Tap Settings .
3. Tap Account .
4. Tap Language to choose a different language.
5. Tap Location to choose a different location.

YouTube on TV

1. Click Settings  on the YouTube on TV app.
2. Scroll to the 'Language & location' section.
3. Select Language.
4. Click Edit .
5. Scroll to your selected language.
6. Click Confirm change.

How to change the language and country settings on YouTube from your mobile device

Change language for email notifications

Your emails from YouTube are delivered in the default language for your geography. If you've changed your YouTube language settings, you can change your email settings to match:

1. Go to your email settings.
2. Scroll to 'Language preference' to update your email notification language.