From the languages option, select the menu/interface language you prefer.Click on the interface tab/icon on the top left (should be selected by default).Go to Tools menu and click on Preferences or Press CTRL + P.If you can understand the language used on the VLC Media Player interface, here is a quick guide to change the language. Method 1: Change the language from the interface The methods below will be effective in solving the language preference issue. The interface/menu will therefore display in this language despite your system language. If it has been set to Arabic, the interface will be in Arabic.Īnother reason might be that the VLC Media Player installation file was customized for a certain language. The VLC Media Player interface will automatically use the system language. So what you have is an English interface but your system language has been set to Arabic or Filipino or German. Some system languages do not change much of the Windows system unless the language definitions have been installed. By default, this language is set to ‘Automatic’ such that it will pick the system language (the language you have set on your PC). This is the language displayed when you use VLC. There is another language in VLC media player known as the menu language. This does not affect the interface/menu language that will be used when you open VLC. if you select English, the installation process will be in English only. This language is what the installation procedure will display the process in.

When installing VLC media player for the first time, it will ask you to choose a language. We first have to understand how VLC installation and language preference works. Why does VLC Media Player have another language even after installing it in English

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