# After update, Discourse is in English although default\_locale seems et to French

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**Category:** Product Support\
**Tags:** localization\
**Created:** [January 31, 2026, 9:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/after-update-discourse-is-in-english-although-default-locale-seems-et-to-french/394859 "2026-01-31T21:35:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lilly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/lilly/32/575047_2.png) [@Lilly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lilly)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2026, 12:57am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/after-update-discourse-is-in-english-although-default-locale-seems-et-to-french/394859/3 "2026-02-01T00:57:26Z")

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yes it is in french. in fact i tried to walk through the sign up and was going to post screenshots of it all so you could see that it was all in french, but unfortunately you’re doing this facebook requirement thing?

 ![Screenshot 2026-01-31 at 4.55.56 PM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/5/c/0/5c087ac905ce661487704daf0aa925a0a051d0e0.png)

anyways. not to worry. using a test user or incognito mode would have verified that it was in french 🙂

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