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<seo title="How to change Joomla language" metakeywords="joomla language,language pack,change joomla language,change site language,change admin language" metadescription="How to change Joomla language" />

<div align=justify>If you are not a native English-speaker, then you may want to change the Joomla language. Joomla allows you to change the site language together with the admin language. So, how exactly can you change the admin language? 

Follow the below steps to change the Joomla language:

First of all, look for the Joomla language pack needed and download it to your computer. Joomla provides a great variety of language packs at http://joomlacode.org/gf/project/jtranslation/frs/. There are separate language packs for site and admin there. Make your choice depending on the type of the language you want to change. Once the desired language pack is downloaded

* go to your admin page at http://yourdomain.com/administrator;

* click on '''Extensions => Install/Uninstall''';

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* browse for the pack you have downloaded;

* click '''Upload & Install File'''

Now that your language pack is uploaded

* go to '''Extensions => Language Manager''';

* You'll get the list of languages installed. The one with the star icon is the current one.

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* To change the Joomla language, click the radio button next to the language and then click the star icon at the upper right hand side of the page.

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You can choose whether to change the site language or the admin language by selecting the needed tab at '''Language Manager''' (there are separate tabs for both of them there).

That's all! Now you know how to change the admin language for your Joomla site. This will help you to work with the site more effectively.
If you are a web-developer you can create a site for your customers and change the site language to the one that suits them.</div>
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