OneDrive is showing 2 different languages instead of only english

Question

My native language is Spanish, but I hate having stuff in it, I live my life in english, so it is very annoying to have both spanish and english in the very same page.

I went to the one Drive settings and changed to English UK, and most has changed but not all, I still get tidbits in spanish, any way to correct this?

You can see that in the top, it has spanish, then in the bottom it is in English, but the most ridiculous part is the modified date, it is a spanglish "el(on) Sunday" like, why?

Answer 1

Hi, Carlos Leyequien Abarca

The screenshot suggests that OneDrive is loading different interface components with different saved locale values. This can happen when the browser still has Spanish as a preferred language or retains older OneDrive site data.

Besides the solutions provided by the Q&A Assist, here are some suggestions you can try: 

In your browser’s language settings, move English (United States) or English (United Kingdom) to the top. If Spanish is listed first, move it below English or temporarily remove it. Microsoft recommends keeping the browser, device, and account language settings consistent. Check language settings

Open OneDrive in an InPrivate or Incognito window. If everything appears in English there, clear the cookies and site data for onedrive.live.com, live.com, and microsoft.com, then reload OneDrive.

It is also recommended that you temporarily switch OneDrive to a different language, reload the page, and then switch it back to English. This can force the language preference to be rewritten, and this workaround has resolved similar cases.

If the mixed wording remains across different browsers, use the Help icon in OneDrive to send feedback, as the remaining text may be a OneDrive localization issue rather than a setting on your computer.

Thank you for your patience in reading, I hope this information has been helpful to you. 

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Answer 2

For OneDrive with a personal Microsoft account, change the language in two places because OneDrive can still pick up language from the Microsoft account profile.

1. In OneDrive on the web, select Settings at the top of the page, then select the currently displayed language.
2. Choose English (UK), select Select, and complete the prompts.
3. Then change the Microsoft account profile language at https://account.microsoft.com/profile.
4. After changing it, sign out and close all browser windows.
5. Sign back in to OneDrive.

If the mixed language appears in Personal Vault, there is a known issue caused by a mismatch between OneDrive language settings and PC language settings. The documented workaround is:

1. Change the Microsoft account profile language to match the PC display language.
2. Sign out and close all browser windows.
3. In OneDrive.com, unlock Personal Vault.
4. Use Rename on the Personal Vault folder to synchronize the language settings.

If this is OneDrive for work or school instead of personal OneDrive, the language is controlled by the Microsoft 365 display language, not by OneDrive alone. Also, after changing the Microsoft 365 display language, it can take up to 24 hours for OneDrive for work or school to fully update.

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