My Microsoft Word is in French and won't change

Sherrod, Natalie 40 Reputation points
2025-10-15T14:38:11.19+00:00

My Microsoft Word is in French. I have tried going to options and changing the language. Currently the language selected for both categories is English. When I try and save it brings up a popup that says I have to restart Microsoft to save my changes. I try and do that-- I have both closed all Microsoft related tasks on my computer and also restarted my computer itself. Whenever I reopen Word it is still in French. Additionally, all of the apps like Excel and Powerpoint are also in French even though their languages are set to English.

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Stefan Blom 357.6K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
2025-10-17T08:31:34.2666667+00:00

Install the language accessory pack that you need. Go to https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/language-accessory-pack-for-microsoft-365-82ee1236-0f9a-45ee-9c72-05b026ee809f .

Note that doing this will start setup and it looks like you are installing Office from the start, but the process will be faster than if you really did start from scratch. When the install is completed, you will see an entry for "en-us" (if you installed the US English language pack, that is) alongside the "fr-fr" one.

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Diana Mariz 11,405 Reputation points Independent Advisor
2025-10-15T15:11:22.43+00:00

Hi,

To further check, can you check please if what is the Microsoft 365 app installed, can you see there like Microsoft 365 en-us or Microsoft 365 fr-fr?

To check on that, please right click windows icon > run > type appwiz.cpl > then it will open Programs and Feature > then look for Microsoft 365 to confirm

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  1. Diana Mariz 11,405 Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2025-10-17T05:46:27.3033333+00:00

    Please proceed on reinstalling the Office, but before that, do not uninstall the fr-fr version, you can just override the installation by going to account.microsoft.com/services > download the Office and ensure to select English as the language same as the screenshot below:

    Once done, you can proceed with uninstalling the fr-fr version and that will force to use the en-us. Please make sure to restart the device once done for the changes to take effect

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