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This wikiHow will teach you how to change the language of Microsoft Excel online by editing your personal Microsoft account settings. Changing the language for Excel Online will also change the language for your other Office Online products. If you're using Office 365 with a school or work account, you have settings in Microsoft 365 for Business, SharePoint, and Dropbox that you'll need to change.
Steps
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Go to https://account.microsoft.com/profile/. You can use any web browser to access your Microsoft account and change the language.- Log in if prompted.
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Click Change display language. It's at the bottom of the first grouping of menu options with your email address and birthday.Advertisement -
Select the language you want to change to. It will highlight to indicate that it has been selected. -
Click Select and OK. The display language (all the menus in Excel online) will update to reflect this new language.[1]
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Go to https://www.office.com/signin. You might not have the allowances to change the display language, so if these following steps don't work for you, you'll need to contact your organization's IT department for help.[2] -
Click. You'll see this gear icon in the top right corner of your screen.
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Click Edit. It's under the "Language and time zone" header. -
You'll be prompted to select a new language.- If you don't see the language settings, you might need to contact an administrator to help.[3]
- Follow the same steps for SharePoint sites and Dropbox to change your language in your profile settings. However, any changes made in Microsoft 365 for Business will override settings in SharePoint and Dropbox. If you can't change your language in Microsoft 365 for Business, you won't be able to change the settings for the same account in SharePoint and Dropbox, both of which require an admin account to change.[4]
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- ↑ https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/change-the-language-office-uses-in-its-menus-and-proofing-tools-f5c54ff9-a6fa-4348-a43c-760e7ef148f8?ui=en-us&rs=en-us&ad=us#ID0EAACAAA=Web
- ↑ https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/change-your-display-language-and-time-zone-in-microsoft-365-for-business-6f238bff-5252-441e-b32b-655d5d85d15b
- ↑ https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/change-your-display-language-and-time-zone-in-microsoft-365-for-business-6f238bff-5252-441e-b32b-655d5d85d15b
- ↑ https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/change-your-personal-language-and-region-settings-caa1fccc-bcdb-42f3-9e5b-45957647ffd7#ID0EAADAAA=Server
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1. Go to https://account.microsoft.com/profile/.
2. Click Change display language.
3. Select the language you want to change to.
4. Click Select and OK.
