# Multi language support for kibana dashboards

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multi-language-support-for-kibana-dashboards/315473>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [September 29, 2022, 3:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multi-language-support-for-kibana-dashboards/315473 "2022-09-29T15:22:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Srikanth\_V](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/srikanth_v/32/86839_2.png) [@Srikanth\_V](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Srikanth_V)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2022, 3:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multi-language-support-for-kibana-dashboards/315473/1 "2022-09-29T15:22:11Z")

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Hey guys,

Hope you are doing well.  
Is there a possibility to have multi language support in 1 instance of kibana?  
If yes, how can the language be changed from say `en` to `fr`. I have 2 different dashboards 1 for english and 1 for french and would like to change the labels of buttons that are used here. Is this scenario possible? Thanks in advance.

Regards,  
Sri

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**Author:** ![flash1293](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/flash1293/32/41227_2.png) [@flash1293](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/flash1293)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2022, 5:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multi-language-support-for-kibana-dashboards/315473/2 "2022-10-05T17:51:54Z")

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Currently the language is an instance-level-setting, so you need to set up multiple Kibana instances to have different languages.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2022, 5:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multi-language-support-for-kibana-dashboards/315473/3 "2022-11-02T17:51:56Z")

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