Change Revit to Other Languages

Ken Williams

Issue:

How do I change the language of my Revit installation on a computer.

Solution:

To change the language in a version of Revit:

When you start Revit by using the Revit desktop shortcut, it opens in the language specified by the shortcut's/language switch.

If you want to always launch the software in a specific language, modify the target line of the Revit launch icon, as follows.

On the desktop, right-click the Revit launch icon and click Properties
On the Shortcut tab, in the Target field, modify the command to change the 3-letter language code specified for the /language switch.
Example:
```
"C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Revit 2022\Revit.exe" /language FRA
```
Click OK.

The default Revit installation has 14 supported essential language content packs.

The language code for the 14 languages included in the default Revit installation is:

Language	Language Code	Revit	Revit LT
English - United States	ENU	X	X
English - United Kingdom	ENG	X	X
French	FRA	X	X
German	DEU	X	X
Italian	ITA	X	X
Japanese	JPN	X	X
Korean	KOR	X	X
Polish	PLK	X	X
Spanish	ESP	X	X
Simplified Chinese	CHS	X
Traditional Chinese	CHT	X
Brazilian Portuguese	PTB	X
Russian	RUS	X
Czech	CSY	X

About the Author

Installation Technical Support Specialist<br><br>Ken Williams has over 20 years of experience as a systems administrator helping organizations with installation, configuration, and maintenance. At IMAGINiT, Ken puts his knowledge of Microsoft, SQL, servers, and Autodesk to work ensuring clients are able to stay up-and-running, install their software easily, and maintain their solutions.
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