Stay In My Language (Google) by Wassim S
Forces Google products to stay in your chosen UI language by enforcing the hl= URL param.
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About this extension
Stay In My Language (Google) forces Google products to stay in your preferred UI language by automatically enforcing the "hl=" URL parameter. It helps bypass country/language redirects and keeps Search, Gmail, Drive, Docs, Calendar, Maps and more consistent.
Features:
- Automatically adds/updates
- Works across many Google domains (including YouTube)
- Fast “early redirect” to reduce language flicker
- Handles Google apps that change URLs without full reloads (SPA navigation)
- Simple popup: enable/disable + preset languages + custom locale codes (e.g. en-GB, pt-PT, zh-CN)
- Cross-browser support: Chrome & Firefox
Features:
- Automatically adds/updates
hl=<language> on supported Google pages- Works across many Google domains (including YouTube)
- Fast “early redirect” to reduce language flicker
- Handles Google apps that change URLs without full reloads (SPA navigation)
- Simple popup: enable/disable + preset languages + custom locale codes (e.g. en-GB, pt-PT, zh-CN)
- Cross-browser support: Chrome & Firefox
Rated 5 by 1 reviewer
Permissions and data
Required permissions:
- Access your data for all websites
Data collection:
- The developer says this extension doesn't require data collection.
More information
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- Version
- 1.1.0
- Size
- 135.23 KB
- Last updated
- 5 days ago (Jan 20, 2026)
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- License
- MIT License
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