# Localization

## Change language

To change the language of a Bitwarden app:

### Web app

The Bitwarden web app will default to the chosen language of your web browser, which is often in turn determined by your device's system language. To manually override this default and set a different language for the Bitwarden web app:

1. Select**Settings** → **Appearance** from the navigation:

![Web app appearance](https://bitwarden.com/assets/7vKmhsOfJqieQbYRxALV75/0ed7782f100100ab3d86567e6b1b0a9d/2025-12-31_10-27-36.png)
*Web app appearance*
2. Select a language from the **Language**dropdown**.**

### Desktop

The Bitwarden desktop app will default to the your device's system language, however to override this default and set a different language for Bitwarden:

1. Open the desktop app's **Preferences** panel (on Windows, **File** → **Settings**) (on macOS, **Bitwarden** → **Preferences**).
2. Scroll to bottom of the **App Settings** section and use the **Language** dropdown to select your language:

![Desktop app language setting](https://bitwarden.com/assets/6NSZV46oKRi7Roeu7g2ATZ/8a7cacb71d48d47bb11c7ef46ec88903/2026-04-23_11-12-59.png)
*Desktop app language setting*

### Mobile

The Bitwarden mobile app will default to the your device's system language, however to override this default and set a different language for Bitwarden:

1. Open the mobile app and tap the **Settings** tab.
2. Tap **Appearance**.
3. Locate the **Language** field and select your preferred language:

![Mobile app language setting](https://bitwarden.com/assets/5pqOwt6W99sLHRCpN1DX1w/bc3581ebc015c0343c116c5eb609e2f5/2025-01-21_15-19-31.png)
*Mobile app language setting*
4. Restart the application in order to apply changes.

### Browser extensions

The Bitwarden browser extension will default to the chosen language of your web browser, which is often in turn determined by your device's system language. There is not a setting in the browser extension to change language, however changing the language of your web browser will change the language of the extension:

- [Learn how to change Chrome's language](https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/173424?co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop&hl=en)
- [Learn how to change Firefox's language](https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/use-firefox-another-language)

## Currently supported languages

The following languages are currently supported. Please note, **not all languages are available for all client applications**:

| Symbol | Language |
|------|------|
| af | Afrikaans |
| ar | الفصحى العربية |
| az | Azərbaycanca |
| be | Беларуская |
| bg | български |
| ca | català |
| cs | čeština |
| cy | Welsh |
| da | dansk |
| de | Deutsch |
| el | Ελληνικά |
| en | English |
| en-GB | English (British) |
| eo | Esperanto |
| es | español |
| et | eesti |
| fa | فارسی |
| fi | suomi |
| fr | français |
| gl | Galician |
| he | עברית |
| hi | हिन्दी |
| hr | hrvatski |
| hu | magyar |
| id | Bahasa Indonesia |
| it | italiano |
| ja | 日本語 |
| ko | 한국어 |
| lv | Latvietis |
| ml | മലയാളം |
| mr | मराठी |
| my | မြန်မာဘာသာ |
| nb | norsk (bokmål) |
| ne | नेपाली |
| nl | Nederlands |
| or | ଓଡ଼ିଆ |
| pl | polski |
| pt-BR | português do Brasil |
| pt-PT | português |
| ro | română |
| ru | русский |
| sk | slovenčina |
| sr | Српски |
| sv | svenska |
| te | తెలుగు |
| th | ไทย |
| tr | Türkçe |
| uk | українська |
| vi | Tiếng Việt |
| zh-CN | 中文（中国大陆） |
| zh-TW | 中文（台灣） |

### Don't see your language?

If your language isn't listed in the web vault or desktop app, or if your browser extension or mobile app isn't dynamically using your language, **we want your help!**

Bitwarden uses a translation tool called [Crowdin](https://crowdin.com) to manage our localization effort across many different languages (**no programming knowledge required**).

- To contribute to or make corrections to an existing translation, [join our project](https://crowdin.com/profile/mpowerbw).
- To start translating Bitwarden to a new language, join our project and contact the [project owner](https://crowdin.com/profile/mpowerbw).