How to change the GUI language from German to English in Photoshop CS6

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If you bought a German version of Photoshop CS6, you may want to switch back to English. In this post I will show you a trick to do this without taking use of a language pack.

The main problem is, that Adobe disallows us to switch the language in Photoshop directly, as you can see at the following screen:


Ok, here comes the trick (I am quite sure this will work on other language versions too).
  1. Make sure that Photoshop is closed!
  2. Open the Finder: /Applications/Adobe Photoshop CS6/Locales/de_DE/Support Files
  3. In the "Supported Files" directory you will find a file named "tw10428.dat"
  4. Rename "tw10428.dat" to "tw10428.bak"*
  5. Start Photoshop (GUI language should be English now)
  6. Done! :)

* To rename "tw10428.dat" > Right click on "tw10428.dat" file > Select "Get Info" > Goto the "Name & Extension" label > In the textfield you type "tw10428.bak".

After closing the current dialog don't forget to confirm the changes with "Use .bak".



56 comments:

  1. AnonymousMay 14, 2013 at 4:11 PM

    Wow, that was easy, thanks!

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  2. AnonymousMay 30, 2013 at 10:42 PM

    Thank you!!! Woow super :)

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  3. AnonymousJune 27, 2013 at 10:20 PM

    unbelievable.....thanks for your help!

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  4. JHJuly 3, 2013 at 6:17 PM

    you are welcome ;-)

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  5. AnonymousAugust 23, 2013 at 9:05 PM

    thanks bro.. it works!

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  6. kingAugust 24, 2013 at 5:11 AM

    tons of thanks u saved my day!!!
    cheers

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  7. AnonymousSeptember 22, 2013 at 3:15 PM

    Easy, fast, perfect! Thanks

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  8. AnonymousOctober 2, 2013 at 3:27 PM

    Yep, perfect! Thank you.

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  9. AnonymousNovember 4, 2013 at 1:38 AM

    Can this be done with other languages to swap to EN? and once its done can it be swapped back in to the previous language?

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  10. JHNovember 6, 2013 at 4:37 AM

    I guess that it is always possible to switch from other languages to English too. You can always go back to the original language (just rename tw10428.bak to tw10428.dat again and restart PS). Please let me know if it works...

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  11. AnonymousNovember 20, 2013 at 4:50 PM

    Thanks!

    Also works on Windows. Only you need to go to C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CS6 (64 Bit)\Locales\xx_XX\Support Files and then change the .bak to .dat =)

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  12. AnonymousNovember 27, 2013 at 4:18 PM

    Incrediable,Chinese user express thanks!

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  13. Mohammad NaeemDecember 26, 2013 at 5:23 PM

    how to do for ILLUSTRATOR CS6?

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  14. UnknownJanuary 11, 2014 at 3:17 AM

    it works :)))) thx !!!!

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  15. AnonymousFebruary 2, 2014 at 10:26 AM

    thanks it's works . great

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  16. AnonymousFebruary 13, 2014 at 10:57 PM

    For those trying to change Illustrator's language:
    Go to /Applications/Adobe Illustrator CS6/Adobe Illustrator.app/Contents/Resources
    There are some folders that will have two letters followed with ".lproj" as their name. Among these is a folder that has two lowercase letters and two capitalized letters separated with an underscore. For example, "de_DE". Change this folder's name by adding "BACKUP" or anything you want.
    Restart Illustrator and it should launch in English.

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  17. JHMarch 24, 2014 at 12:12 PM

    @Anonymous Thanks!

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  18. AnonymousMay 6, 2014 at 8:40 AM

    tnx dude it's work

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  19. AnonymousAugust 19, 2014 at 6:24 AM

    Wondelful! Thanks!

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  20. AnonymousJanuary 24, 2015 at 1:07 PM

    still working in PS CC. Thanks for this!

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  21. AnonymousJanuary 27, 2015 at 2:53 AM

    I have been looking for a solution for moths, this finally solved it. Thanks!!

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  22. AnonymousJanuary 29, 2015 at 1:37 PM

    Please advice how it can be done for Indesign CS6 (to change from german to english), running on windows

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  23. RizwaughnFebruary 26, 2015 at 7:19 PM

    Thanx It Really Worked (Y)

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  24. UnknownApril 28, 2015 at 11:25 PM

    bless u than so much

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  25. AnonymousMay 15, 2015 at 8:30 AM

    thanks a million!!! its fantastic!!

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  26. AnonymousMay 29, 2015 at 3:15 PM

    Wow, as easy as that. Thank you so much !

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  27. AnonymousJune 9, 2015 at 3:54 AM

    10 thumbs up. tk u

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  28. AnonamousJune 27, 2015 at 8:44 PM

    Thanks make :D thought it would need a download lol

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  29. AmirJuly 11, 2015 at 8:58 AM

    Thank you :) I changed it from Spanish to English in a portable version ..CS6 :) thanks again

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  30. KglayAugust 22, 2015 at 8:36 AM

    WOW ... what the hell ... unbelievable .. It's really work :D
    Thank u so much .

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  31. AnonymousDecember 30, 2015 at 9:46 AM

    Thanks

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  32. AnonymousFebruary 16, 2016 at 10:27 AM

    Thank you so much! Really helped me :)

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  33. AnónimaMay 17, 2016 at 8:35 AM

    I LOVE YOU. THANK YOU

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  34. catrapalaJune 1, 2016 at 8:21 AM

    AWESOME. Thank you dude. It's GG!

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  35. anugravityJune 7, 2016 at 3:24 PM

    Thanks Bro
    But CS6 Master Collection; Other SW Language How to Change?

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  36. UnknownAugust 20, 2016 at 5:43 AM

    i unable to change to the language of illustrator cs6 ...i changed photoshop, premiere..but its hard to change for illustrator cs6 can anyone suggest?

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