If you have WhatsApp on your mobile and, for whatever reason, you want to change its language, you can do it whenever you want... It's easier than you can imagine. So don't worry if you don't know. Here we tell you how.
The procedure to change the language of WhatsApp will not take more than a minute. This is carried out through the mobile settings, and it only takes a few steps. But now, without further ado, the instructions to follow are given below.
So you can change the language of WhatsApp on your Android mobile
Because of bad luck, WhatsApp does not allow you to change the language through its applicationAt least not in the vast majority of countries. The language of the most popular instant messaging app in the world can only be changed through the Android settings, as we highlighted above, and the steps to follow are these:
- First of all, Go to the settings of your Android mobile. To do this, look for the gear icon located somewhere on the home screen or the app drawer, or slide the notification/status bar to tap on the gear icon, which is located in the upper right corner of the screen. screen, near the battery level icon.
- Now, once you are in the settings, look for the checkbox "Additional settings".
- Then click on «Languages and entrances».
- Then click on the input "Languages" to choose the language you want to change to in WhatsApp. There you will find the one in use and many others, which are the ones you can choose from.
- Now, to finish, confirms the choice for the language to apply to the system. This last step is optional, since it applies only if said message appears.
As a point to keep in mind, The steps described may vary slightly based on the mobile, the Android version and the manufacturer's customization layer. This means that the names of the listed entries may vary a bit, as well as the position of the options to change the language on the phone and Android.
For the rest, these steps are not only intended to change the language of WhatsApp. As such, when the language of the mobile is changed, the entire system, as well as other apps and games, take that chosen language. In the same way, you can return to the language you had previously whenever you want, just by following the same steps.
If you are lucky and the country in which you are located allows you to change the WhatsApp language through the settings of said app, just open it and click on the “More options” icon, which is the one located in the corner top right of the WhatsApp interface, the one with the three dots. Then press on “Settings”, and then choose the “Application language” entry. Finally, you just have to choose the preferred language. This is the only way to change the language of WhatsApp only, without changing the language of other apps, let alone the system language.
Change the language of WhatsApp on your iPhone
If, on the other hand, you have an iPhone, the steps to follow are somewhat different:
- The first thing you should do is go to "Setting".
- Once you are in “Settings”, look for the entry of "General" and click on it.
- The next thing to do is click on «Language and region».
- Then you have to click on the box "iPhone language".
- Subsequently, you must choose the language to which you want to change WhatsApp (and the iPhone system itself), and then confirm said choice, by clicking on "Switch to (selected language). "
Change WhatsApp language on KaiOS phones
There are few mobiles with KaiOS operating system, but if you have a mobile with this OS, you must follow these steps:
- Sign in "Settings".
- Then look for the entry of "Personalization" and click on it.
- Then you must click on "Idiom", and then press "Language" again.
- The next thing to do is select and confirm the language you want to use on the mobile and, therefore, WhatsApp, to finally click on «OK» o "SELECT", no more. As simple as that.
If this information has been useful to you, you can take a look at some of the following articles about WhatsApp that we have previously done here, on Androidsis:
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- How to create an avatar for WhatsApp
- How to convert voice notes to text on WhatsApp
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- How to send a fake location on WhatsApp for Android
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