Chrome Extension for Switching Locale (Accept-Languages)

Question

Is there a Chrome Extension which can be used to quickly switch between two locales (e.g. English and German) quickly? Some websites detect the user's language using the Accept-Languages HTTP-header while not having any UI to configure the desired language. In that case the only way I know of to change the language is to change the mentioned HTTP-header.

Actually, any quick way to switch locales will do. It does not have to be an extension.

score 60 · Accepted Answer · edited May 03 '13 at 17:23

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Commenter Lamb suggests the following:

Bookmark chrome://settings/languages and then you just need to Drag and Drop the language to make it default.

I think this is a workable solution.

edited May 03 '13 at 17:23

ramiro

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answered Oct 04 '12 at 10:09

usr

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score 17 · Answer 2 · edited Jun 18 '19 at 13:10

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I have written a Chrome extension which does exactly that: ~~Quick Language Switcher.~~

Replacement plugin (original link dead) Language Switcher

edited Jun 18 '19 at 13:10

Peter-M

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answered Jul 21 '14 at 08:30

Wattos

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score 2 · Answer 3 · edited Sep 09 '22 at 13:12

Locale Switcher

is the definitive extension for this.

✨ Features

Chrome & Firefox
Support for 700+ languages and variations, provided by LocalePlanet
Per tab basis
Favorite your most used locales
Fully shortcut enabled, no mouse needed (Windows: Ctrl + Shift + L / Mac: Cmd + Shift + L)
Free Open Source Software on GitHub under MIT license
Dark mode

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4.4 ⭐️ Rating
40.000+ Users
90 KiB size only
Jan 8, 2019 First Commit
March 20, 2022 Updated

It seems to be a trustworthy, well maintained extension. Go give it a try!

Chrome Extension for Switching Locale (Accept-Languages)

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Locale Switcher

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