Firefox
Firefox
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Firefox lets you display menus, notifications, messages and other parts of the Firefox interface in different languages.
Tip: To choose a language for displaying web pages, see Choose display languages for multilingual web pages.
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Switch Firefox to another language
You can switch languages at any time to display Firefox menus, notifications, and messages in a different language.
- In the Menu bar at the top of the screen, click and then select or , depending on your macOS version.Click the menu button
and select .
- In the Language section of the panel, choose a language in the drop-down menu.
- Restart Firefox.
Note: If you are using Firefox Developer Edition or Firefox Nightly, you will need to download a new copy in the language you wish to use from the Mozilla website.
Add languages to the Firefox interface
Follow these steps to add more languages to Firefox.
- In the Menu bar at the top of the screen, click and then select or , depending on your macOS version.Click the menu button and select .
- In the Language section of the panel, click in the drop-down menu.
- Click and choose the languages you want to add, then click the button.
- Use the and buttons to change the order, or to pull a language out from the list.
- Click to save your changes.
Firefox will display the first language as your default and will display alternate languages if necessary in the order they appear.
Set an order of preference for languages
If a Firefox feature is not available in your top language, Firefox will display your next preferred language.
- In the Menu bar at the top of the screen, click and then select or , depending on your macOS version.Click the menu button and select .
- In the Language section of the panel, click to open the Firefox Language Settings window.
- Select a language and use the and buttons to change the order, or to pull a language out from the list.
