Thriller Mar 3, 2020 @ 7:14pm
HELP, my language is set to russian and I can't set it back.
I don't know how this even happened but randomly my steam turned to russian and I have even looked at videos guiding me on how to set it back to english but even restarting my PC or steam does absolutely nothing i'm stuck in russian please for the love of god help its been like this for a month and I can't manage my steam with this issue.

Please I beg of you I just want to be able to use steam without having to look up videos on how to click on buttons because I can't understand what they do anymore. This also affects games so it hinders my gaming experience as well.

I thought I could go into localization files and do something about that but I couldn't find any from what I could see.

Right now i'm using the browser version of steam as I can't really do much.

(Edit: as of now I haven't gotten too much help please I beg of you people.)
Last edited by Thriller; Mar 3, 2020 @ 10:01pm
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Liquidator Mar 3, 2020 @ 7:20pm 
Go to the Steam settings, and find the interface, in Russian, there should be a launcher, click on it and change the language (If you are sitting through the PC)
Thriller Mar 3, 2020 @ 7:52pm 
Originally posted by ФСБ:
Go to the Steam settings, and find the interface, in Russian, there should be a launcher, click on it and change the language (If you are sitting through the PC)

https://gyazo.com/ea3b77fe038cc8138241e246c1974583 What is the launcher?
I can't read russian.
Last edited by Thriller; Mar 3, 2020 @ 8:46pm
Thriller Mar 3, 2020 @ 10:01pm 
Originally posted by ФСБ:
Go to the Steam settings, and find the interface, in Russian, there should be a launcher, click on it and change the language (If you are sitting through the PC)
Alright so after figuring it out no I already stated this did not work in my original post changing the language through the steam interface did not work.
Thriller Mar 4, 2020 @ 7:53am 
I'll try that thank you for the advice.
Thriller Mar 4, 2020 @ 4:35pm 
Originally posted by politediligence:
Have you tried uninstalling Steam? Exit Steam, delete everything other than the steamapps folder and Steam.exe, then run Steam.exe to reinstall Steam. It should reset everything back to default, including your language.
No sadly not, I just tried it the install screen was english but went right back to ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ russian some how.
Thriller Mar 4, 2020 @ 5:27pm 
Originally posted by fauxtronic:
1. Make sure Steam is NOT running.
2. Hold down the Windows/Start key and press R.
3. Type regedit. Press enter.
4. Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Valve\Steam
5. Right click the Language key and delete it.

Now run Steam. The language should be set to the system default.

Thank you so much, people do this it worked for me it should work for you guys.
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Date Posted: Mar 3, 2020 @ 7:14pm
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