The storefront language is what your customers see. Customers can always switch it to the language they prefer, and the store language you set decides which language they're offered first. Your own dashboard language is set separately.
Customers can switch language
Customers pick their language from the language selector (the globe icon, e.g. EN or DE) at the bottom of your store menu — in the sidebar on a computer, or in the menu on a phone. All languages are available, whatever store language you've set:
English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Turkish, Arabic, Hebrew, Indonesian, Malay, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Japanese, and Korean.
Switching language changes the store's buttons and labels — menu, cart, and checkout. Your product names, descriptions, and categories show exactly as you wrote them. If you serve customers in two languages, such as German and English, write them in both.
The language pop-up
When you've set a store language and a customer opens your store home page in a different language, they'll see a pop-up offering your store's language.
They can choose Switch to your store's language, or Continue in the language they're using. If they continue, their browser remembers the choice and the pop-up won't show again for your store.
Set the store language
Setting a store language chooses the language your store suggests first. It doesn't lock your store — customers can still switch from the menu.
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Go to Settings > General
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Scroll down to the Regional section and select your preferred language from the dropdown menu.
The store language is also used for the receipt emails and order messages your customers get.
Note: If the store's language is set to "Default", the store will show in the client's browser language if available. If not available, it will show in English.
Dine-in QR menu
The dine-in QR menu shows in the language of the diner's phone, and doesn't have a language selector.
Change your admin dashboard language
Your own dashboard language is a personal preference and does not affect what customers see — see Admin dashboard language.