Order: 7 Area: customization TOCTitle: Display Language PageTitle: Visual Studio Code Display Language (Locale) ContentId: 413A7FA3-94F8-4FCB-A4A3-F4C1E77EF716 DateApproved: 4/14/2016 MetaDescription: How to change the display language (locale) of Visual Studio Code.
Visual Studio Code ships with 10 available display languages (locales): English (US), Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Russian and Spanish. Localized display text for all 10 languages is included in the main VS Code download and as such, doesn't require a secondary install.
By default, VS Code picks up the operating system's display language, falling back to English (US) if the locale is not supported.
Display Language | Locale |
---|---|
English (US) | en-US |
Simplified Chinese | zh-CN |
Traditional Chinese | zh-TW |
French | fr |
German | de |
Italian | it |
Japanese | ja |
Korean | ko |
Russian | ru |
Spanish | es |
If you want to configure a specific language, you can either use the command line switch --locale
to specify a locale when you launch a VS Code session or use the Configure Language command to persist the display language to use when VS Code is started.
code . --locale=fr
The Configure Language command (available in the Command Palette kb(workbench.action.showCommands)
) creates a locale.json
file in your user VS Code folder. Set the locale
attribute to your preferred locale.
The example below sets VS Code to display Traditional Chinese zh-TW
:
{
// Defines VS Code's display language.
"locale":"zh-TW"
}
Changing the locale
value requires a restart of VS Code.