# Changing forum locale via URL param

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-forum-locale-via-url-param/77739>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Tags:** multi-lingual\
**Created:** [January 11, 2018, 10:20am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-forum-locale-via-url-param/77739 "2018-01-11T10:20:35Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 11, 2018, 6:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-forum-locale-via-url-param/77739/5 "2018-01-11T18:37:07Z")

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> [@Dorian\_McFarland](#):
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> I literally meant an image of a flag (e.g. a japanese flag) in the header or footer of the page that when clicked switches the UI to Japanese.

OH! I get it. I’ve seen that on lots of sites–click the German flag for German, and so on. It still seems like the ‘get the local from the browser’ solution is a better (more modern) one. Changing the user local is a PUT, so it’ll take more than just a URL. I think it should be possible with some javascript in a theme, though.

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