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June 28, 2006

Changing From Google Non English to Google English Results

This has happened to me several times, I am told to visit a Google property and it turns all my Google properties (web search, gmail, etc.) into the language I just visited. For example, a Cre8asite Forum thread shows a woman who was stuck viewing French only in Google. She was desperate to switch back to the English results.

Want to get stuck using Google France? Do a search on seo and add &hl=fr to the end of the URL. Ah! How do you get back to the English results? Well, you can go back to Google.com, but sometimes that doesn't help. You can click on the link on the bottom of the Google Français homepage that reads, Google.com in English or you can once again append &hl=en the "en" for English to switch back.

Forum discussion at Cre8asite Forums.



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posted rustybrick in Other Google Topics at June 28, 2006 7:50 AM Comments (6)

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Can't you just go to preferences and change it back? (Change "Interface Language")
http://www.google.com/preferences?hl=en

I live in Québec, Canada and flip back regularly from English to French and that is how I do it.

Also, I think you could clear browser cookies

 

Posted by Steve from Pictures Dog dot com at June 28, 2006 08:53

why each time i log to google it comes in a non english language?

 

Posted by naomi rightlander at December 20, 2006 06:29

I'm using Mozilla. I hit Tools, Options and Privacy. Then check the option that dumps cookies at shutdown. I had it set to accept cookies until they expired. Somehow it changed Google into Portuguese. Drove me nuts. It's all in the cookie set. I'd tell ya how to do it in Explorer but, after using Mozilla I'll never use explorer again. Hope this helps.

 

Posted by tomasco50 at March 20, 2007 14:16

i want to downlod google earth but is in arebic but i want in english

 

Posted by laakhan at June 26, 2007 01:26

WHEN I OPEN GOOGLE SITE IT IS ALWAYS APEARS IN HINDI I WANT TO GET IT IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE ALWAYS

 

Posted by SAUD AKMAL at August 26, 2007 23:32

to change to english goolge thank you

 

Posted by kevin okenwa at February 6, 2008 12:59

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