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JimRome
Brass Contributor
Jan 18, 2020

The new Edge(release) is displaying only in Chinese

How do I change it to English! All the menus are in Chinese.
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warchem
Copper Contributor
Mar 14, 2022

IKenChong 

I have tried changing the language in Settings and on the start page.  It keeps coming back to Chinese.  The menus in Edge Settings are in English and US English is selected (I tried just "English" too).  The menus on the start page like you showed are in Chinese and every time I try to change the settings to English it reverts to Chinese.

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warchem
Copper Contributor
Mar 15, 2022
I found out the cause. It was my VPN. Despite being connected to a US server, when I used my VPN Edge was in Chinese. When I shot off my VPN it went back to English. Weird.
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    ATrujillo125
    Copper Contributor
    Jun 15, 2023

    This helped resolve my issue, thank you warchem.

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    JimRome
    Brass Contributor
    Mar 15, 2022

    Unless you are trying to hide, or using out of region Netflix, there is no reason to use a VPN. Everything of importance is already encrypted (browsing, banking, shopping). And the VPN provider can read your traffic. So get rid of it.

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      warchem
      Copper Contributor
      Mar 15, 2022

      Well, I thought it was the VPN, but it's not.  I shut off the VPN and now my start page is in English.  But, when I open a new page, it's in Chinese. JimRome 

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        mskms1704
        Copper Contributor
        Jul 15, 2024

        warchem I just uninstalled and then reinstalled Bing on my cell phone and (fingers crossed) it's now back to English 

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    KenChong
    Iron Contributor
    Mar 15, 2022

    Glad you found the root cause. Nowadays most sites detect visitor regions by IP-geolocation databases but it caused many problems like your case.

     

    If you are using InPrivate mode or you cleared cookies when closing Edge, the new tab page cannot save your preference, and returning to the detected region.

     

    Regards,

    Ken

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