Choose a default language

Confluence administrators can define a default language to be applied to all spaces. Individual users can select a language preference for their session.

Set the default language

To change the default language across Confluence:

1. Select the wheel icon () in the top-right corner to open Confluence administration.

2. Find Settings in the left-hand navigation.

3. Select Configuration > General configuration.

4. Scroll down to Internationalization.

5. Select a language from the Global default language dropdown.

6. Select Save global default language changes.

Available languages

Confluence Cloud is available in the following languages, in addition to English (US):

• Chinese (Simplified)

• Chinese (Traditional)

• Czech

• Danish

• Dutch

• English (UK)

• Finnish

• French

• German

• Hungarian

• Italian

• Japanese

• Korean

• Norwegian

• Polish

• Portuguese (Brazilian)

• Russian

• Spanish

• Swedish

• Turkish

Learn more about Atlassian Account language settings.

Other language settings

Individual users can choose a display language that's different from the global default.

The language a user sees will depend on the following factors, in order from highest to lowest importance:

• The language preference set in the user's profile. Users must be logged in for this setting to take effect.

• The language preference set in the user's web browser, as detected by Confluence.

• The default language for the instance, as defined by a Confluence administrator.