The language settings in your email are determined by your computer’s operating system. Some of these languages may be difficult or impossible to type with a standard keyboard, requiring extra keystrokes and often leading to typos. These issues can add time and frustration while using Microsoft Outlook or Apple Mail. To change the default mailbox language on an iOS device (iPhone/iPad), follow these steps:
The “set-mailboxregionalconfiguration” is a command that allows users to change the default language of their mailbox. This will only affect messages sent from and received by the mailbox. It does not apply to any other mailboxes on the system.
How can a single user or a group of users change their default mailbox language? There are certain users in the company that use a different mailbox language and would want to alter it. You may email them information on how to change the language of their default inbox folders. However, it is preferable to update it for them using PowerShell. This post will demonstrate how to modify the default mailbox language and folders.
Introduction
The mailbox folders in the English language are used by a few users. They’d want to change the default mailbox language to something else. They can’t, however, change the names of the folders by right-clicking on them. This is due to the fact that they are default mailbox folders.
Note that you can’t rename the default mailbox folders from Outlook since they’re greyed out.
How can you change the language of the default folders in your mailbox? Let’s have a look at how to change the default mailbox folder language.
In this case, we’d want to replace the English language with the Dutch language.
Note: Changing the default mailbox language is safe, and emails in default folders will not be erased; they will stay in the same folder. The only difference is that the default mailbox folders will be labeled with the language you choose.
In Outlook on the web, you may change your default mailbox (OWA)
Follow these steps to allow users to change the mailbox language in Outlook on the web:
- Select View all Outlook settings from the drop-down menu.
- Select General.
- Select Language and Time.
- Choose your preferred language from the dropdown menu.
- Select the checkbox. Rename default folders to reflect the language you’ve chosen.
- Save by clicking the Save button.
Using PowerShell, you may change the default mailbox language.
Follow the instructions below to change the mailbox language for users using PowerShell.
Both Exchange Online and Exchange on-premises are supported by these commands. Before you perform the commands, you must first connect to the appropriate tools:
Get the language of your default mailbox
The Get-MailboxRegionalConfiguration cmdlet returns the default mailbox language settings.
PS C:> Get-MailboxRegionalConfiguration “[email protected]” Identity Language DateFormat TimeFormat TimeZone ——– ——– ———- ———- ——– Anne.Green en-US yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm Pacific Standard Time
Change the language of your default mailbox
Change the language of your default mailbox with the Set-MailboxRegionalConfiguration PowerShell.
PS C:> Get-Mailbox “[email protected]” | Set-MailboxRegionalConfiguration -Language “nl-NL” -LocalizeDefaultFolderName
Change the language of your default mailbox for all users
Change the language in all of the organization’s mails.
PS C:> Get-Mailbox -ResultSize Unlimited | Set-MailboxRegionalConfiguration -Language “nl-NL” -LocalizeDefaultFolderName
Check the language of your default mailbox.
It’s a good idea to double-check that the language is set correctly.
PS C:> Get-MailboxRegionalConfiguration “[email protected]” Identity Language DateFormat TimeFormat TimeZone ——– ——– ———- ———- ——– Anne.Green nl-NL yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm Pacific Standard Time
The user does not need to restart Outlook; it will change the language on its own. They can restart Outlook if that doesn’t work.
That concludes our discussion.
Conclusion
You now know how to change the language of your default mailbox. There are two possibilities. You may either instruct the user to change the language in Outlook on the web (OWA) or use PowerShell to do it for them. If you need to modify the default language mailbox settings for several users, PowerShell is the way to go.
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