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September 3, 2024
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Need multiple languages on the same install of CC apps

  • September 3, 2024
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Hi everybody - I teach in a computer lab with multiple students using the same desktop throughout the day., each logging in with their unique user profile to the machine and their own CC account. I have a new student who speaks absolutely no English, and after following the directions to switch his CC language preference to Spanish and reinstalling Photoshop, he can now use the app in Spanish. However - every student who sits down after him is also forced to use Spanish. In the Ps Preferences under Interface, there is an option to select a language - but there's always just one option, whichever option the app is installed in! Is there ANY way for the student to select which language they want to use on the machine? It seems like at a minimum this should be possible since each student is using their own unique computer login. I tried to install multiple instances of Photoshop, and that doesn't seem to work either? Any advice is appreciated!

Correct answer Tarun Saini

Hi 

@Roman33641391u50s

,

Welcome to the community! As per 

@kglad

, you might want to see this article- https://adobe.ly/4iF18FC; 

 

Regards,

Tarun

2 replies

New Participant
March 24, 2025

Same situation here. This has been a massive problem for years and an absolutely frustrating design choice. Please Adobe, make a simple switch inside your apps to change the language! It works fine in Media Encoder, so pleeeeeeease adapt your apps so they work like any other competing app out there.

Tarun Saini
Community Manager
Tarun SainiCommunity ManagerCorrect answer
Community Manager
March 24, 2025

Hi 

@Roman33641391u50s

,

Welcome to the community! As per 

@kglad

, you might want to see this article- https://adobe.ly/4iF18FC; 

 

Regards,

Tarun

New Participant
August 20, 2025

I am aware of this, but the problem goes far deeper, that is why i added to the discussion of "Need multiple languages ON THE SAME INSTALL of CC apps" in the hopes that after years and years this could finally be solved. Why not make every app like Media Encoder where the language can be changed on the fly and intuitively inside the app and only for that app? It's clearly possible and would make using your apps so much better in a classroom situation with students of multiple different nationalities using workstations in multiple configurations each day.

 

One interesting aspect of the "solution" you link is that when i install an english version of i.e. Premiere Pro and a student wants to switch to German, that will work as described.

HOWEVER, if the next student wants to switch back, that no longer works and the app is stuck on German, no matter the setting in the Cloud app and even if i do a parallel install of the supposed English version. It's still German when I start the English app. I have tried on multiple machines and with multiple accounts, across multiple versions of the apps. Do not tell me that it works because it does not. The only solution is to go to the Cloud app, set the language to German, completely uninstall the program, set the language to English and do a fresh install. 

And then the next student sets it to Spanish and the troubles start all over again.

This is incredibly frustrating for me and my students as this eats up valuable time in the classroom and there are multiple idioms floating around with those young designers about Adobe and the user experience that should concern you if you want them to use your apps in the future. 

 

Please add the possibility to switch the language of an app inside the app.

kglad
Adobe Expert
September 4, 2024

no, the language can only be selected during installation.

New Participant
September 19, 2024

I'm in the same boat.. I'm going to try to drag the spanish install over to a different location and see if that works.  but adobe needs to allow multiple language installs on the same computer. 

kglad
Adobe Expert
September 19, 2024

you would need to install a parallel os.