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kopoku
Mar 31, 2021Former Employee
Discussion: Edge displays in an unexpected language
Hey Insiders, thanks for your continued feedback to help us improve Microsoft Edge! Recently we have noticed a trend in feedback stating that Edge is displaying in an unexpected language. Receiving t...
MacharaStorming
Mar 09, 2023Copper Contributor
As soon as I use a VPN edge (canary) seems to force the language of the country I'm 'connected to' on me.
I realize it's easy to check where my endpoint is, and apparently edge makes use of it, but it would be great if you could explain how edge makes use of it and how to override it.
Because apparently much of the language selection I do in edge language configuration is ignored, and this is not always what people want.
What for instance if I'm traveling - I might want to be able to select to either operate as if I'm still at home (as far as possible, at least when it comes to language and in what language I get ads) or in the country I'm visiting.
I realize it's easy to check where my endpoint is, and apparently edge makes use of it, but it would be great if you could explain how edge makes use of it and how to override it.
Because apparently much of the language selection I do in edge language configuration is ignored, and this is not always what people want.
What for instance if I'm traveling - I might want to be able to select to either operate as if I'm still at home (as far as possible, at least when it comes to language and in what language I get ads) or in the country I'm visiting.