Article ID: 960117 - Last Review: March 22, 2011 - Revision: 10.0

How to change your Xbox LIVE account language setting

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SUMMARY

The Xbox LIVE account language setting is used for the following Xbox Dashboard items:
  • Xbox LIVE Marketplace content and content descriptions. However, content is not supported for all languages on Xbox LIVE and may default to another language if a description is not available.
  • Xbox LIVE subscription descriptions.
  • Messages sent from the Xbox team, such as service notifications or promotions.
  • Spotlight and Events on the Xbox Dashboard.

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MORE INFORMATION

Change the Xbox LIVE account language

If your Xbox LIVE account is set to a country or region that supports multiple languages (for example, Canada), you can change your Xbox LIVE account language. Here’s how:
  1. Please visit live.xbox.com/Account/BillingAccountInformation (http://live.xbox.com/Account/BillingAccountInformation) .
  2. Sign in using your Windows Live ID.
  3. If multiple languages are supported for your country or region, select a language from Preferred Language.

    Note The Preferred Language option does not appear if only one language is supported (for example, the United States).
  4. Click Save.

It may take up to 24 hours for this change to take effect on your Xbox 360 console.

The following table shows the languages that are available to Xbox LIVE in certain countries or regions.

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Country Xbox LIVE supported languages
Australia English
Austria German
Belgium French or Dutch
Canada English or French
Denmark English
Finland English
France French
Germany German
Great Britain English
Hong Kong English or Chinese
India English
Ireland English
Italy Italian
Japan Japanese
Korea Korean
Mexico Spanish
Netherlands English
New Zealand English
Norway English
Portugal Portuguese
Singapore English
Spain Spanish
Sweden English
Switzerland French or German
Taiwan Chinese
United States English


Note You cannot change the country or region of an Xbox LIVE account once you create an account. However, you can select a different language if more than one is available.

After you create an Xbox LIVE account, in certain areas the account region can be changed. For more information see the following article:
2424862  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2424862/ ) Considerations for Xbox LIVE Account Migration
If region migration is not available in your region, then your Xbox LIVE account region cannot be changed.

The following Xbox LIVE features are not supported by the Xbox LIVE language setting but by your console’s language setting:
  • Xbox Dashboard channel names (for example, My Xbox)
  • Promotional content on various Xbox LIVE channels

For information on how to change the language setting on your Xbox 360 console, please see the following article:
How to set or change the default language on your Xbox 360 console (http://support.xbox.com/pages/xbox-360/troubleshoot/kb/xbox-kb.aspx?kbid=906662)

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APPLIES TO
  • Xbox LIVE
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