# Change default language
**URL:** https://forum.getkirby.com/t/change-default-language/16408
**Category:** Questions
**Tags:** v3
**Created:** [November 21, 2019, 7:51pm UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/change-default-language/16408 "2019-11-21T19:51:13Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@plagasul](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/plagasul)
#### Post date: [November 21, 2019, 7:51pm UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/change-default-language/16408/1 "2019-11-21T19:51:13Z")
Hello,
I cloned plainkit locally, created a panel user and set a default language (en\_US) via panel, and a secondary language (es\_MX)
But that was a mistake as I want es\_MX as default and en\_US as secondary.
Now ¿how to change that? I cannot drag and drop, there is no ‘default’ setting, and if I edit the default language I cannot modify the ‘Code’ field which is greyed out and non editable.
Thank you
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### Author:  [@bvdputte](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/bvdputte)
#### Post date: [November 21, 2019, 7:58pm UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/change-default-language/16408/2 "2019-11-21T19:58:02Z")
Have you tried [doing it manually](https://getkirby.com/docs/guide/languages/introduction#adding-languages__manually) in the languages files?
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### Author:  [@plagasul](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/plagasul)
#### Post date: [November 21, 2019, 8:00pm UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/change-default-language/16408/3 "2019-11-21T20:00:24Z")
I did not, I understand I can do it by editing the files in site/languages and that afterwards I should manually change the language extension of all existing content files.
But I still would like to know if the described behaviour is expected, and if there is a panel way of doing this.
It just seems weird there is a panel way of setting the default language but not changing it. Could it perhaps be something about my config?
I wonder.
Thanks for answering
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### Author:  [@texnixe](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/texnixe)
#### Post date: [November 21, 2019, 8:01pm UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/change-default-language/16408/4 "2019-11-21T20:01:12Z")
> [@plagasul](#):
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> But I still would like to know if the described behaviour is expected, and if there is a panel way of doing this.
No, there isn’t. There was during the Alpha of Kirby 3 but this setting was removed because it meant you could loose all of your data. Even as it is, switching the default language after you have already filled in your content can mean a risk when you have lots of data only in the default language (using `translate: false`.
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### Author:  [@plagasul](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/plagasul)
#### Post date: [November 21, 2019, 8:02pm UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/change-default-language/16408/5 "2019-11-21T20:02:48Z")
Ok thank you @texnixe. (edited as you added information on the ‘why’)
Danke.
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### Author:  [@texnixe](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/texnixe)
#### Post date: [November 21, 2019, 8:04pm UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/change-default-language/16408/6 "2019-11-21T20:04:33Z")
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> It would be interesting to re-implement the possibility to let users change default language from the panel. More infos in the...