Updated: December 19, 2025
This article explains how to change the display language of the Google Analytics 4 (GA4) interface, for example, switching from English to Japanese.
There are two available methods.
Method 1: Edit User Preferences
In GA4, click 「Admin」——「My preferences」, from there, you can change the Language setting: 
⚠️ After updating the language, you must sign out of GA4 and sign back in for the change to take effect.
Method 2: Modify the URL Directly (Recommended)
A faster and more convenient approach is to change the language directly in the browser’s address bar.
For example, the URL of a GA4 report page may look like this::
https://analytics.google.com/analytics/web/?hl=en#/p2499457200/reports/intelligenthome?params=_u..nav%3Dmaui
The hl parameter stands for Host Language:
- hl=en→ English
- hl=ja → Japanese
To switch the interface language, simply replace the hl value.
For example, to change the language to Japanese:
https://analytics.google.com/analytics/web/?hl=ja#/p2499457200/reports/intelligenthome?params=_u..nav%3Dmaui
The change takes effect immediately, and the GA4 interface will be displayed in Japanese.
✅ This is the recommended method, as it does not require logging out and is useful for quick language switching.
The hl values for more languages are as follows:
|
Country
|
Language
|
hl
|
|---|---|---|
|
United States
|
English
|
hl=en
|
|
China
|
Chinese (Simplified)
|
hl=zh-CN
|
|
United Kingdom
|
English
|
hl=en
|
|
Japan
|
Japanese
|
hl=ja
|
|
Germany
|
German
|
hl=de
|
|
France
|
French
|
hl=fr
|
|
India
|
Hindi*
|
hl=hi
|
|
Brazil
|
Portuguese (Brazil)
|
hl=pt-BR
|
|
Russia
|
Russian
|
hl=ru
|
|
Spain
|
Spanish
|
hl=es
|
|
Italy
|
Italian
|
hl=it
|
|
Canada
|
English**
|
hl=en
|
|
Canada
|
French**
|
hl=fr
|
|
Australia
|
English
|
hl=en
|
|
South Korea
|
Korean
|
hl=ko
|
|
Mexico
|
Spanish
|
hl=es
|
