How to change the language of one app on a Samsung Galaxy

howtosimply.com/guides/how-to-change-the-language-of-one-app-on-a-samsung-galaxy/ · Checked October 2026 · Samsung Galaxy A57 5G (One UI 8.5, Android 16) and Samsung Galaxy A57 (One UI 9, Android 17 (build A576BXXU6BZIE))

5 of 5 steps with real screenshots · 1 official source below

Device

Android

Shown on

Samsung Galaxy A57 5G (SM-A576B), One UI 8.5, Android 16, Samsung Galaxy A57 (SM-A576B), One UI 9, Android 17 (build A576BXXU6BZIE)

App

Settings

Path

Settings › General management › App languages

Real screenshots

5 of 5 steps

Our phone

Shown on Galaxy A57, One UI 8.5

Checked

October 2026

Sources

1 official, linked below

Step by step

1. 

   Open App languages

   Open Settings, General management and tap App languages.

   Done

2. 

   Choose the app

   Only apps that support language selection are shown. We blurred two of our apps and tapped Chrome, which uses System default.

   Done

3. 

   Pick a language

   Suggested languages are at the top; our list offers Deutsch (Deutschland), English (Germany) and Español. System default follows the phone.

   Done

4. 

   Check what changed

   App languages then lists the app with its new language: ours showed Chrome, Deutsch (Deutschland). Chrome's own menus stayed in English on our phone, even after a restart: Chrome downloads the language from the Play Store, and our phone was signed out of Play.

   Done

5. 

   Or search all languages

   Below Suggested, All languages lists every language the app supports.

   Done

If you do not see this option

• Your app is not in the list Google says only apps whose developers opt in to this feature are listed. Some apps let you change the language only inside the app or its account settings. Source: Change app language on your Android phone
• A language is missing from the app's list Google says All languages shows the languages that app supports. Update the app to get its latest list. Source: Change app language on your Android phone

If this does not work

• The app still shows the old language Google says to restart the app and make sure the phone is online; without a connection the language may not update. Source: Change app language on your Android phone
• It still will not switch Google suggests adding the language as a second language in the phone's own language settings, waiting a few minutes, then choosing it again for the app. Source: Change app language on your Android phone
• The app is stuck in another language Google says you may be able to reset it by clearing the app's data. Source: Change app language on your Android phone

About this guide

You can run one app in German and keep the rest of the phone in English, or the other way round. Handy for practising a language, or for an app that translates badly. We set Chrome to Deutsch for one picture and back to System default.

Step 4 is from the same phone after its One UI 9 update (Android 17).

Good to know

Some apps also have a language option in their own settings, which overrides this.

In short: Settings, General management, App languages, the app, a language.

📷 See real photos from the Galaxy A57 in our Camera Lab, next to 10 other phones.