# Possible for admins set users' language for them?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/possible-for-admins-set-users-language-for-them/161327>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [August 18, 2020, 11:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/possible-for-admins-set-users-language-for-them/161327 "2020-08-18T23:32:34Z")\
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> [@anon23840344](#):
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> Is there a way for me, as an admin, to change a user’s interface language for them?

You can visit their profile and modify their preferences.

If you search the site settings, you’'ll find `set locale from accept language header` which should obviate the need for you to fuss with people’s preferences. (Oh, it says “anonymous users”, so maybe it doesn’t quite do what I thought.)

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