Set the default language of a workspace or organisation

Select the default language for members of your Slack workspace. Email invitations, SCIM-synced profiles and Slackbot announcements in public channels will be displayed in the default language, but everything else in Slack will be determined by members’ individual language preferences.

Free, Pro and Business+ subscriptions

Enterprise Grid subscription

Workspace owners and admins can set the default language for their workspace using the steps below.

1. From your desktop, click your workspace name in the sidebar.
   
2. Select Tools & settings, then Workspace settings from the menu.
3. Next to Workspace language, click Expand.
4. Select a language from the menu.
5. Click on Save.

Org owners and org admins can set the default language for workspaces in their Enterprise Grid organisation using the steps below. The default language will apply to any new members or workspaces added to the organisation, but it won't override members' changes to their individual language preferences.

1. From your desktop, click your workspace name in the sidebar.
   
2. Select Tools & settings, then Organisation settings from the menu.
3. From the left sidebar of the Admin dashboard, select Settings.
4. Click Organisation info.
5. Next to Default language, click Edit.
6. Choose a language from the menu.
7. Click Save to finish.

Note: Workspace owners and admins can also override the default language, but members will still see most of Slack in their preferred language.

Who can use this feature?

• Workspace owners/admins and org owners/admins
• Available on all subscriptions