Help! My Yahoo app is in Mandarin
July 6, 2024 1:57 PM Subscribe
Somehow I managed to change the language setting on my Yahoo Mail app on my iPhone from English to what I assume is Mandarin/Chinese. Can you help me figure out how to change it back?
I think I accidentally pressed some buttons when I was taking pictures on vacation and somehow ended up changing my language settings to Mandarin/Chinese. I need to change it back to English but I can’t read the characters to figure out what’s what on the menu! Would someone be able to give me step by step instructions, either with screenshots or by telling me which links to press on each page (eg, 3rd option out of 5 etc)? Googling is not helpful because it’s giving me the steps in English (eg, select Account Info page - I have no idea where to find it or which link to use!)…
To be clear, my emails are still in English, it’s the headers and menus etc that have changed.
Thank you very much!
I think I accidentally pressed some buttons when I was taking pictures on vacation and somehow ended up changing my language settings to Mandarin/Chinese. I need to change it back to English but I can’t read the characters to figure out what’s what on the menu! Would someone be able to give me step by step instructions, either with screenshots or by telling me which links to press on each page (eg, 3rd option out of 5 etc)? Googling is not helpful because it’s giving me the steps in English (eg, select Account Info page - I have no idea where to find it or which link to use!)…
To be clear, my emails are still in English, it’s the headers and menus etc that have changed.
Thank you very much!
Can you borrow someone else's phone and use that app (google translate?) to hover over your phone and tell you what the buttons are?
posted by freethefeet at 7:24 PM on July 6
posted by freethefeet at 7:24 PM on July 6
Best answer: I am not sure if this is the correct setting...
Open "Settings" app on your iPhone. Scroll all the way down to tap on "Yahoo Mail". There should be a row named "Preferred Language". Change this back to English.
posted by applesurf at 7:33 PM on July 6 [1 favorite]
Open "Settings" app on your iPhone. Scroll all the way down to tap on "Yahoo Mail". There should be a row named "Preferred Language". Change this back to English.
posted by applesurf at 7:33 PM on July 6 [1 favorite]
If it's all in Chinese, but you can get that far, select the option with this character in the choices: 英
posted by Rash at 10:27 PM on July 6
posted by Rash at 10:27 PM on July 6
Response by poster: Omg, applesurf, it worked! I could have sworn I tried it before but must have been in some other setting. Thank you so much, and thank you to everyone who responded!
posted by widdershins at 12:52 AM on July 7
posted by widdershins at 12:52 AM on July 7
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posted by foxjacket at 2:46 PM on July 6