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Forcing a localized vSphere Client or vSphere Web Client installation to launch in a localized language/English (1016403)

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Purpose

This article provides steps to force a localized installation of vSphere Client or vSphere Web Client to launch using the localized language/English.

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vSphere UI (HTML5)

6.5 - please refer to section below - vSphere Web Client (Flash)

6.7 - To launch vSphere UI (HTML5) and force it to use a localized language or to switch to English:

Please login to the vSphere UI.

Select your username

Select "My Preferences"

In the Tab Language you can specify a language.

ESXi Host Client

To launch the Host Client and force it to use a localized language or to switch to English:

Login to you ESXi Host Client

Select your username

Select Settings, Language and then your preferred Language

vSphere Web Client (Flash)

To launch the vSphere Web Client and force it to use a localized language or to switch to English add the locale parameter to the default URL:

The default URL for the vSphere Web Client is:

https://client_hostname/vsphere-client

To specify a language, append:

English: /?locale=en_US

German: /?locale=de_DE

French: /?locale=fr_FR

Japanese: /?locale=ja_JP

Korean: /?locale=ko_KR

Chinese: /?locale=zh_CN

For example, to display the vSphere Web Client in French, use:

https://client-hostname/vsphere-client/?locale=fr_FR

vSphere 6.5

For 6.5 you will need to append to end of the client URL

Flash - https://client-hostname/vsphere-client/?locale=fr_FR
HTML5 - https://client-hostname/ui/?locale=fr_FR

Related Information

For information on forcing a locale, see the vSphere Client Locale Forcing Mode section in the VMware vSphere 4.0 Release Notes (ESX Edition).vSphere Client または vSphere Web Client のローカライズ版のインストール済み環境をローカライズされた言語/英語で強制的に起動する
强制执行本地化的 vSphere Client 或 vSphere Web Client 安装以使用本地化语言/英语启动
Changing the default language of VMware vCenter Server
Erzwingen des Starts einer lokalisierten vSphere Client- oder vSphere Web Client-Installation in einer lokalisierten Sprache/Englisch

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