# How to Change the Language of a Cookie Consent Banner

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Set the language of your cookie consent banner and display it in the primary language of your website visitors.

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**Categories:** Banner Language, Customization
**Last updated:** October 8, 2025
**URL:** https://www.cookieyes.com/documentation/how-to-change-the-language-of-your-cookie-consent-banner-using-cookieyes/

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If you have a website in a language other than English, you can implement a cookie consent banner in that language with the CookieYes cookie consent solution.
To get started with CookieYes, [create your account and try it for free.](https://app.cookieyes.com/trial?plan=pro-monthly&ref=bannerlanguage)
After you sign up, you will be directed to a setup screen. Here, you will be able to select the Default Language of your cookie banner. 

![LANGUAGE](https://assets.cookieyes.com/LANGUAGE_ac70cb6238.png)

CookieYes supports 175+ languages. However, during setup, you can access the 41 languages that are supported with default auto-translation. Find the list of all the languages that have auto-translation available below.

**Languages Supported**

- English (en)
- Arabic (ar)
- Basque (eu)
- Bosnian (bs)
- Bulgarian (bg)
- Catalan (ca)
- Chinese (zh)
- Croatian (hr)
- Czech (cs)
- Danish (da)
- Dutch (nl)
- Estonian (et)
- Finnish (fi)
- French (fr)
- Galician (gl)
- German (de)
- Greek (el)
- Hungarian (hu)
- Italian (it)
- Japanese (ja)
- Korean (ko)
- Latvian (lv)
- Lithuanian (lt)
- Maltese (mt)
- Norwegian (nb)
- Polish (pl)
- Portuguese (pt-BR)
- Portuguese (pt-PT)
- Romanian (ro)
- Russian (ru)
- Serbian (sr-Cyrl)
- Serbian (sr-Latn)
- Slovak (sk)
- Slovene (sl)
- Spanish (es)
- Swedish (sv)
- Tagalog (tl)
- Thai (th)
- Turkish (tr)
- Ukrainian (uk)
- Welsh (cy)


If you want to implement an auto-translated banner, follow [How to implement a multilingual banner](https://www.cookieyes.com/documentation/cookieyes-cookie-banner-for-multilingual-websites/).

> **Note:**

> Users on the free plan can use only one language at a time. However, the default language can be changed as needed.
>

If you want to change your banner’s default language, follow the steps below.

## How to change the language of your cookie banner

For users on the free plan:
Step 1: From the top navigation panel of your CookieYes account, select Languages.
Step 2: Click on the three-dot menu and select Change Default Language.

![change default lang edited](https://assets.cookieyes.com/change_default_lang_edited_f41c3315f4.gif)

Step 3: Choose your preferred language from the list and click Change.
The language you have selected will now be your default cookie banner language.
For users on the Basic, Pro, or Ultimate plans:
Step 1: From the top navigation panel of your CookieYes account, select Languages.

![Languages tab](https://assets.cookieyes.com/Languages_tab_3e652ad04c.jpg)

**Step 2:** You can see that English is selected as the default language. You can click on the **+Add Language** to add the other language you want to set as your default language. 


![Add Language](https://assets.cookieyes.com/Add_Language_6d7adba6ea.jpg)

**Step** **3:** You can select the language you need and then click on **Add**.

![add button](https://assets.cookieyes.com/add_button_4ca2c53147.jpg)

**Step 4: **Once you’ve added the required languages, you will see them listed here.

![new language](https://assets.cookieyes.com/new_language_9c913d2f70.jpg)

**Step 5:** Now click on the **three dots** menu and select** Set as Default**. The language you have just added will now be your default cookie banner language.



![Set as Default](https://assets.cookieyes.com/Set_as_Default_ba17fcd9e2.jpg)

![New default Language](https://assets.cookieyes.com/New_default_Language_3e5808cb31.jpg)

**Step 6:** You can then click on the **Edit** **Content** button to customise the content of the auto-translated text in your cookie notice, button labels and preference centre.



![Edit content](https://assets.cookieyes.com/Edit_content_df32557996.jpg)

**Step 7:** You can then enable **Banner** **Preview** on top to see the banner in the language you have selected.

![Banner Preview](https://assets.cookieyes.com/Banner_Preview_d824421627.jpg)

Step 8: When you have made all the required edits, you can click on Save & Publish to save these changes.
Now your cookie banner will be visible on your website in the language of your choice!
If you are facing any issues with this, please reach out to technical support.


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