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How to change the language on your iPad if it's incorrect

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You can change the language on your iPad at any time. Hollis Johnson/Business Insider
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Language is one of the most important settings on your iPad

If you live in a country where the primary language is different from yours, you will obviously want to change your iPad to the language you speak and read. 

You can also change your iPad's language if you're practicing using another language. Or if your iPad's language setting somehow inadvertently changed, you'll need to know how to change it back without being able to read the words.

Here's what you need to know.

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How to change the language on an iPad

1. Open the Settings app — its icon is gray, and looks like a multi-layered gear.

2. In the left-hand menu, tap on the General tab, which should be the first tab in the third group.

3. Scroll down to tap on "Language and Region." It should be the third item in the fifth grouping.

4. The top item should be "iPad Language." Tap on that.

5. Scroll down to tap on whichever language you want to change your iPad to. In this example I've selected US Spanish, or Español (EE. UU.).

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There are dozens of languages you can change your iPad's language to.  Ryan Ariano/Business Insider

6. Tap on "Done" (it will be the word in the upper-right corner of the screen).

7. It will ask you again if you want to change to the new language. Tap "Continue" (bottom-right of the new box).

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Confirm that you want to change your iPad's language.  Ryan Ariano/Business Insider

8. The screen will go black except for the term about changing to the new language.

9. When your screen comes back up, everything will be in the new language. 

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The language of every menu and most apps will be changed to match your choice.  Ryan Ariano/Business Insider

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Ryan Ariano grew up in Baltimore when the Macintosh was cutting edge, lived in Los Angeles as Blackberries gave way to iPhones, and now lives in Jackson Hole where his life is held together by Bluetooth. He writes on a wide range of topics but especially loves nerding out across the tech spectrum. Learn more about how our team of experts tests and reviews products at Insider here.