# Waarvoor gebruik ik de 'set locale from accept language header' site-instelling?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-do-i-use-the-set-locale-from-accept-language-header-site-setting-for/209846
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [20 november 2021 om 08:45 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-do-i-use-the-set-locale-from-accept-language-header-site-setting-for/209846 "2021-11-20T08:45:08Z")
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### Author: ![Jagster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jagster/32/192154_2.png) [@Jagster](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jagster)
#### Post date: [20 november 2021 om 08:45 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-do-i-use-the-set-locale-from-accept-language-header-site-setting-for/209846/1 "2021-11-20T08:45:08Z")

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Setting `set locale from accept language header`affect only anonyms, right? It doesn’t do anything when one is logged in.

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### Author: ![osioke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/osioke/32/238946_2.png) [@osioke](https://meta.discourse.org/u/osioke)
#### Post date: [22 november 2021 om 13:35 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-do-i-use-the-set-locale-from-accept-language-header-site-setting-for/209846/2 "2021-11-22T13:35:25Z")

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I am not sure I understand your question, can you give more detail here? What do you mean by anonyms within Discourse?

Then speaking to the `set locale from accept language header` site setting, it is used to have your users register on the site with the [locale](https://g.co/kgs/DcKqT5) their browser is set to, so they browse the community in their preferred browser set language.

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### Author: ![Jagster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jagster/32/192154_2.png) [@Jagster](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jagster)
#### Post date: [22 november 2021 om 14:35 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-do-i-use-the-set-locale-from-accept-language-header-site-setting-for/209846/3 "2021-11-22T14:35:20Z")

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> [@osioke](#):
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> Then speaking to the `set locale from accept language header` site setting, it is used to have your users see and use and register on the site with the [locale](https://g.co/kgs/DcKqT5) their browser is set to

Really? Because it says: ” set interface language for anonymous users from their web browser’s language headers”

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### Author: ![osioke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/osioke/32/238946_2.png) [@osioke](https://meta.discourse.org/u/osioke)
#### Post date: [22 november 2021 om 14:37 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-do-i-use-the-set-locale-from-accept-language-header-site-setting-for/209846/4 "2021-11-22T14:37:56Z")

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Updated, you’re correct.
