Why is my planner in a different language than the app?
The app's menus follow your language, but each planner has its own language, chosen when it was made and changed in Planner settings.
There are two languages, and they're separate on purpose.
- The app's language is yours. It covers menus, buttons and messages, and follows you on every device. See Change the app's language.
- The planner's language belongs to the planner. It covers the words printed on its pages, the tabs along the top, page names and the PDF. It's picked when the planner is made (English unless you choose another) and changed under Planner language in Planner settings. See Change your planner's language.
So an English app can show a Spanish planner. The bar under the page can mix the two: Previous and Next follow the app, while the week's dates and page names follow the planner.
Everyone who opens a planner, collaborators included, sees it in the planner's language, and only the owner can change it.
Good to know
Words you typed are never translated, and neither are tab names you chose, words you changed in Theme Studio, or stickers. When a translation is longer than the English, it's made smaller to fit the same space, so no page changes shape.
Updated October 9, 2026
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- Change your planner's languagePick the language printed on your planner's pages in setup, or later under Planner language in Planner settings.
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