# Variable default interface language for new users

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/variable-default-interface-language-for-new-users/33741>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [September 25, 2015, 11:38am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/variable-default-interface-language-for-new-users/33741 "2015-09-25T11:38:40Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 26, 2017, 3:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/variable-default-interface-language-for-new-users/33741/37 "2017-09-26T03:50:22Z")

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The locale isn’t on the signup form. I haven’t looked at the code for a while, but from what I remember, it’s set from the `locale`. This means that if the locale has been set from the header, that locale will be set for the user.

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